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hack·ney

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–noun

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

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

–verb (used with object)

6.	to make trite, common, or stale by frequent use.

7.	to use as a hackney.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME hakeney, special use of placename Hackney, Middlesex, England

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—Related forms

hack·ney·ism, noun

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hack·ney Audio Help (hāk'nē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. hack·neys

often Hackney A horse of a breed developed in England, having a gait characterized by pronounced flexion of the knee.
A trotting horse suited for routine riding or driving; a hack.
A coach or carriage for hire.

tr.v. hack·neyed, hack·ney·ing, hack·neys

adj.

[Middle English hakenei, probably after Hakenei, Hackney, a borough of London, England, where such horses were raised.]

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