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hackney

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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Hack=ney

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hackney has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

hackneyn. [OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haguenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.].
  •  A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A horse or pony kept for hire.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.  [1913 Webster]
hackneya. 
     Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.  Roscommon.
hackneyv. t. 
  •  To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.  [1913 Webster]
    "Had I so lavish of my presence been,
    So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To carry in a hackney coach.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hackney, n. (pl. -eys)
1 a horse of average size and quality for ordinary riding.
2 (attrib.) designating any of various vehicles kept for hire.

Usage
No longer used except in hackney carriage, still in official use as a term for 'taxi'.
Etymology
ME, perh. f. Hackney (formerly Hakenei) in London, where horses were pastured
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