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Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hackney

/(-ny̆)/ · Hack·ney · IPA /hækni/
01 n. A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
pl. Hackneys ((-nĭz))
  1. 1.
    A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
  2. 2.
    A horse or pony kept for hire.
  3. 3.
    A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
  4. 4.
    A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
02 a. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
  1. 1.
    Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
03 v. t. 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 m…
imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying
  1. 1.
    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.
    “Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    To carry in a hackney coach.