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hackney

/ˈhækni/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An ordinary horse.
  2. A carriage for hire or a cab.
  3. A horse used to ride or drive.
  4. A breed of English horse.
  5. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
  6. To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
  7. To use as a hackney.
  8. To carry in a hackney coach.
  9. Offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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