Hackney

Definition of Hackney

Hack´ney Pronunciation: ~nŷ

n.	1.	A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
	2.	A horse or pony kept for hire.
	3.	A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
	4.	A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
a.	1.	Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-nĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.] Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. - Shak.
	2.	To carry in a hackney coach.

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