[1] : 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
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hackneyed hackneying 

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