hackney

See also: Hackney

English

Etymology

From Middle English hakeney; probably from Hackney (formerly a town, now a borough of London), used for grazing horses before sale, or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French haquenee (“ambling mare for ladies”), Latinized in England to hakeneius (though some recent French sources report that the English usage predates the French).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhækni/

Noun

hackney (plural hackneys)

1. (archaic) 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. (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Derived terms

• hack
• hackney cab
• hackneyed
• hackney writer

 

Translations

ordinary horse

• Finnish: hevonen (fi)
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carriage for hire or a cab

• Bulgarian: наемна кола f (naemna kola)
• Finnish: vossikka (fi)
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• Ido: fiakro (io)

horse used to ride or drive

• Bulgarian: наемен кон m (naemen kon)
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• Finnish: ratsuhevonen (fi), ratsu (fi) (to ride); ajohevonen (to drive)

breed of English horse

• Finnish: hackney
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hired drudge; hireling; prostitute

• Finnish: vosu (fi) (prostitute)
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Adjective

hackney (not comparable)

1. Offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.

   hackney coaches

   hackney authors

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     his accumulative and hackney tongue

Translations

Offered for hire

• Bulgarian: наемен (bg) (naemen)
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Verb

hackney (third-person singular simple present hackneys, present participle hackneying, simple past and past participle hackneyed)

1. (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
2. (transitive) To use as a hackney.
3. (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.

Translations

to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use

• Japanese: 使い古す (tsukaifurusu)
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