Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈhækni/
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ˈhækni
Noun
An ordinary horse.
Usage- Archaic
- Countable
- Uncountable
A carriage for hire or a cab.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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"Mamma would die if she knew. The boy," replied Georgiana, "walked with us to Oxford Street, and we took a hackney-coach. Will Mrs. Gooch ever forgive us for getting out of it at her door?"
A horse used to ride or drive.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
A breed of English horse.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
Usage- Archaic
- Countable
- Uncountable
Inferior writing; literary hackwork.
Usage- Archaic
- Uncountable
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Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experience How unhappy's the fate To live by one's pate And to be forced to write hackney for bread.
Adjective
Offered for hire.
Usage- not-comparable
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hackney coaches
Much used; trite; mean.
Usage- Figurative
- not-comparable
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hackney authors
his accumulative and hackney tongue
Verb
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
Usage- Transitive
To use as a hackney.
Usage- Transitive
To carry in a hackney coach.
Usage- Transitive
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[…] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]
Noun
a carriage for hire
- Synonyms
a compact breed of harness horse
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