What (who) is Hackney - definition
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Hackney (disambiguation); Hackney District
hackney
¦ noun (plural hackneys) chiefly historical
1. a light horse with a high-stepping trot, used in harness.
2. a horse-drawn vehicle kept for hire.
Origin
ME: prob. from Hackney in East London, where horses were pastured.
Hackney
·vt To carry in a hackney coach.
II. Hackney ·noun A horse or pony kept for hire.
III. Hackney ·noun A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
IV. Hackney ·noun A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
V. Hackney ·noun A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
VI. Hackney ·adj Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
VII. Hackney ·vt 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.
hackney
a.
Common, hired, hack.
Pronunciation examples for Hackney
1. in Nigeria and Hackney--
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2. Coming back to Hackney.
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3. still in Hackney.
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4. One, growing up in Hackney.
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5. and then based in Hackney.
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Examples of use of Hackney
1. Hackney Police have sealed off Hackney Road after an explosion on a number 26 bus.
2. The Hands off Hackney Schools group rattles off a list of schools that have closed, starting with Hackney Downs.
3. Officers from Hackney Robbery Squad are investigating.
4. They had a drug test and he failed it, and when they tried to arrest him, he ran." She said Hackney asked her if he could hide out at her home for a few days "and I told him, ‘No way."‘ The bodies of Ivan Hackney, 47, Shirley Hackney, 44, and Wilma Hackney, 63, were found at the teen‘s home, Johnson said.
5. They had a drug test and he failed it, and when they tried to arrest him, he ran." She said Hackney asked her if he could hide out at her home for a few days "and I told him, ‘No way.‘" The bodies of Ivan Hackney, 47, Shirley Hackney, 44, and Wilma Hackney, 63, were found at the teen‘s home, Johnson said.