[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hackney \hack"ney\ -ny^, n.; pl. hackneys -ni^z. oe.
   hakeney, hakenay; cf. f. haguen'ee a pacing horse, an
   ambling nag, of. also haquen'ee, 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.
   1. a horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a horse or pony kept for hire.
      1913 webster

   3. a carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
      1913 webster

   4. a hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
      1913 webster
see also:
hackneys hack nag 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hackney \hack"ney\, a.
   let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used;
   trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "hackney
   tongue." --roscommon.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hackney \hack"ney\, v. t. imp.  p. p. hackneyed -ni^d;
   p. pr.  vb. n. hackneying.
   1. 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. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to carry in a hackney coach. --cowper.
      1913 webster
see also:
hackneyed hackneying 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hackney
     n 1: a carriage for hire syn: hackney carriage, hackney coach
     2: a compact breed of harness horse
see also:
hackney carriage hackney coach 

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