hackney
IPA: hˈækni
Root Word: Hackney
noun
- A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
- A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).
- An English habitational surname from Old English.
- One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney
- (in compounds) (means of transportation): see hackney.
- (archaic) An ordinary horse.
- A carriage for hire or a cab.
- A horse used to ride or drive.
- A breed of English horse.
- (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
- (archaic, uncountable) Inferior writing; literary hackwork.
verb
- (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
- (transitive) To use as a hackney.
- (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.
adjective
- Offered for hire.
- (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
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Examples of "hackney" in Sentences
- “And here is my carriage,” he added, calling a hackney cab.
- Some people want a discreet vehicle to turn up for them, that's why they don't call a hackney carriage.
- Mr Singleton proposed calling a hackney coach, she consented, and they stopt for it at the church porch.
- When she went away, I called a hackney-coach for her, and getting behind it, went home with her to her lodgings.
- Then they called a hackney-coach, which conveyed them to an inn, where they were furnished with a chariot and six, in which they set forward for
- I was not content to let him go: But presently we called a hackney-coach, and myself and him, and major Tasker went, and carried that money to Mr. Tryon.
- To that end I called a hackney-coach, not greatly caring, I confess it, to be seen in broad daylight in London streets with such an astonishing pair of guys as poor old Ruffiano and his friend.
- When those involved were expelled after a huge public row over all sorts of things to do with how the party in hackney was run (at the time the press described the expellees as the good guys - they weren't) then it became the party they joined (ie the Lib Dems) who took it up.
- Sir Roger told me further, that he looked upon it to be very good for a man whilst he stayed in town, to keep off infection, and that he got together a quantity of it upon the first news of the sickness being at Dantzick: when of a sudden, turning short to one of his servants who stood behind him, he bid him call a hackney-coach, and take care it was an elderly man that drove it.
- Sir ROGER told me further, that he looked upon it to be very good for a man whilst he staid in town, to keep off infection, and that he got together a quantity of it upon the first news of the sickness being at _Dantzick_: When of a sudden, turning short to one of his servants who stood behind him, he bid him call a hackney-coach, and take care it was an elderly man that drove it.
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