meaning of hackney2
1. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
2. A horse or pony kept for hire.
3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
5. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
6. 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.
7. To carry in a hackney coach.
8. a compact breed of harness horse
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