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hackney

ˈhækni
WordNet
  1. (n) hackney
    a compact breed of harness horse
  2. (n) hackney
    a carriage for hire
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Hackney
    A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
  2. Hackney
    A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
  3. Hackney
    A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
  4. Hackney
    A horse or pony kept for hire.
  5. Hackney
    To carry in a hackney coach.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) hackney
    A horse kept for riding or driving; a pad; a nag.
  2. (n) hackney
    A horse kept for hire; a horse much used; a hack.
  3. (n) hackney
    A coach or other carriage kept for hire. Also called hackney-coach.
  4. (n) hackney
    A person accustomed to drudgery; a person ready to be hired for any drudgery or dirty work; a hireling.
  5. (n) hackney
    A prostitute.
  6. (n) hackney
    A payment in hire or as in hire.
  7. hackney
    Let out, employed, or done for hire; drudging; mercenary.
  8. hackney
    To wear, weary, or exhaust by frequent or excessive use, as a horse; hence, to render worn, trite, stale, etc., as by repetition.
  9. hackney
    To ride or drive as a hackney.
  10. (n) hackney
    Specifically, a breed of horses which combines thoroughbred blood with that of the English shire horse or cart-horse and also that of the native Irish horse. A hackney is a horse of moderate size, but over 14 hands, compact build, good action and good disposition, not so heavy as a coach-horse nor so ‘leggy’ as a hunter. The term is used in England much as roadster or driver is used in the United States, but includes horses for riding as well as for driving.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Hackney
    hak′ni a horse for general use, esp. for hire:
  2. (v.t) Hackney
    to carry in a hackney-coach: to use much: to make commonplace
  3. (adjs) Hackney
    let out for hire: devoted to common use: much used
  4. (n) Hackney
    hak′ni (obs.) a person hired for any mean work
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. hakeney, hakenay,; cf. F. haguenée, a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp. facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque, horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca,; perh. akin to E. hack, to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse. Cf. Hack a horse, Nag

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary O. Fr. haquenee, an ambling nag; further history unknown.

Usage in the news

The lodge "is on a mound that puts the floor 13 feet above the surrounding land," Hackney said. bassmaster.com

Nov 20, 2009: Walt Hackney and Virgil Robinson. iptv.org

This statement really is as true as it is hackneyed. osu.org

10 YEARS AGO Oct 24, 2002 – Enjoying Halloween carnival activities at Colfax Elementary School was student Kiefer Hackney, who got her face painted by Barbi Ivey. colfaxrecord.com

Eagles coach Rodney Hackney can only guess. news-daily.com

Luke Hackney, Michael Pozz and Doug Strickler. thisweeknews.com

Bollywood films made in India are beginning to feature gay characters, but some say their portrayal is hackneyed and stereotyped. advocate.com

Massive multi-agency team - and tear gas - help take down accused attempted murderer, Mario Hackney. portlandscw.trb.com

Mario Hackney ( September 28, 2012 ). portlandscw.trb.com

Hackney said the bullying started when Ashlynn was around 7. news-gazette.com

'The Bay': Hackneyed 'found footage' approach spells tedium . heraldnet.com

Andrew David Nilsson, aka Andrew Stanger (at top, blue shirt), and Mario Wayne Hackney, aka Don Lennon (bottom, in red shirt). peninsuladailynews.com

While some guests may swoon at the sight of a petal-strewn bed, others may dismiss it as hackneyed. travelandleisure.com

Amy Hackney Wunder , 61, of Orlando, passed away Saturday, Nov 3, 2012.Survivors: husband, Nick Wunder . timesfreepress.com

Amy Hackney Wunder , 61, of Orlando, Fla. timesfreepress.com

Usage in scientific papers

The proposed model accounts for different susceptibility of people to humour, the absence of a humorous effect from a hackneyed joke, the role of timing in telling jokes, etc.
Computer Model of a "Sense of Humour". I. General Algorithm

Of course, not every ”deviation from the norm” looks funny; but it should be taken into account that habitual, oft-repeated deviations are analogous to hackneyed jokes (see below) and the weak deviations are easily forced out by other emotions (see the following paper ).
Computer Model of a "Sense of Humour". I. General Algorithm

Usage in literature

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO HACKNEY-COACH HORSES. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete" by Various

Observing that I was helpless, the woman, my wife, summoned a hackney carriage and drove off, taunting and jeering at her spouse. "Berry And Co." by Dornford Yates

Another, with a like acreage, specializes in hackneys. "History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia" by James W. Head

Of hackneyed subjects, a foremost place may be assigned to the Art of Study. "Practical Essays" by Alexander Bain

Least of all is it ever hackneyed. "The Vitalized School" by Francis B. Pearson

Satin linings of yellow, pink, and blue, are very prevalent ... even in their hackney coaches. "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three" by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

The new-comer was known to these four, for his name was given, and his domicile was mentioned as Hackney Wick. "None Other Gods" by Robert Hugh Benson

There was a hackney coach near the steps. "The House by the Church-Yard" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Now, we have prefixed the hackneyed line of Il Penseroso to our paper, because it is a definition of the essence of the beautiful. "The Poetry of Architecture" by John Ruskin

He kept on the flat in town, worked in the City all the day, and spent much time of evenings at the Eton Mission in Hackney Wick. "Boy Woodburn" by Alfred Ollivant

Usage in poetry
The hackneyed compliments that bore
World-folks like you and me,
Appeared to her as if they wore
The crown of Poesy.
"Where wicked youths in crowds are stowed
He shall unquestioned rule,
And have the run of Hackney Road
Reformatory School!"