Hackney



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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.
adjective
1.
Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To carry in a hackney coach.