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hackney

1

[ hak-nee ]

noun

plural hackneys.
  1. Also called hackney coach. a carriage or coach for hire; cab.
  2. a trotting horse used for drawing a light carriage or the like.
  3. a horse used for ordinary riding or driving.
  4. (initial capital letter) one of an English breed of horses having a high-stepping gait.


adjective

  1. let out, employed, or done for hire.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.
  2. to use as a hackney.

Hackney

2

[ hak-nee ]

noun

  1. a borough of Greater London, England.

Hackney

1

/ ˈ³óæ°ì²Ôɪ /

noun

  1. a borough of NE Greater London: formed in 1965 from the former boroughs of Shoreditch, Stoke Newington, and Hackney; nearby are Hackney Marshes, the largest recreation ground in London. Pop: 208 400 (2003 est). Area: 19 sq km (8 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hackney

2

/ ˈ³óæ°ì²Ôɪ /

noun

  1. a compact breed of harness horse with a high-stepping trot
    1. a coach or carriage that is for hire
    2. ( as modifier )

      a hackney carriage

  2. a popular term for hack 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr; usually passive to make commonplace and banal by too frequent use
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó²¹³¦°ì²Ô±ð²â¾±²õ³¾, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hackney1

1300–50; Middle English hakeney, special use of placename Hackney, Middlesex, England
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hackney1

C14: probably after Hackney , where horses were formerly raised; sense 4 meaning derives from the allusion to a weakened hired horse
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Example Sentences

Black hackney cabs are meant to be the only cars you can hail on the street, but the app technology and smartphones changed that and meant people started "e-hailing" minicabs.

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Someone showing a miniature pinscher wants to showcase the high-stepping hackney gait that is a hallmark of the breed.

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“Oh! but their removing from the chaise into a hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road.â€

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Council chiefs in all 10 boroughs have signed up to minimum standards for private hire and hackney carriage drivers in the licensing process.

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She moved to Paris just in time to witness King Louis XVI “in a hackney coach going to meet his death,†she wrote.

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