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hackney definition

hack·ney (hak′nē)

noun pl. hackneys -·neys

  1. a horse for ordinary driving or riding
  2. a carriage for hire
  3. Obsolete a drudge

Etymology: ME hakene, hakenei, after Hakeney (now Hackney), England

adjective

  1. hired out
  2. trite; commonplace

transitive verb

  1. to hire out
  2. to make trite
Hackney definition

Hack·ney (hak′nē)

borough of Greater London, England: pop. 181,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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