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Definition of hackneying in English English dictionary
- Hackney
- An English habitational surname
- Hackney
- A London borough where once upon a time many horses were pastured
- hackney
- Offered for hire
- hackney
- To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use
- hackney
- A breed of English horse
- hackney
- An ordinary horse
- hackney
- A carriage for hire or a cab
- hackney
- To use as a hackney
- hackney
- A horse used to ride or drive
- hackney
- to make stale or trite by repetition
- hackney
- {v} to practice or use one thing much
- hackney
- {a} common, let for hire
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- {n} a hired horse, hireling, prostitute
- Hackney
- a borough of East London which is a rather poor area
- Hackney
- Available for public hire. From the London borough where many horses were kept for public hire
- Hackney
- An English surname
- Hackney
- One of several breeds of compact English horses. From the London borough where many such animals were kept
- hackney
- Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors
- hackney
- a carriage for hire
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- a compact breed of harness horse a carriage for hire
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- 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
- hackney
- A horse or pony kept for hire
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- {i} hired coach; taxi; horse used to draw a carriage; riding horse
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- To carry in a hackney coach
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- A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony
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- A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute
- hackney
- A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach
- hackney
- a compact breed of harness horse