Hackney

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1. Noun

A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

2. Noun

A horse or pony kept for hire.

3. Noun

A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

4. Noun

A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

5. Adjective

Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

6. Verb

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. Verb

To carry in a hackney coach.

8. Noun

a compact breed of harness horse
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