Webster's English Dictionary

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hackney

1. hack.ney \'hak-ne-\ n [ME hakeney] 1a: a horse suitable for ordinary 
   riding or driving  1b: a trotting horse used chiefly for driving  1c: any 
   of a breed of rather compact usu. chestnut, bay, or brown English h orses 
   with a conspicuously high knee and hock flexion in stepping obs  2: one 
   that works for hire : DRUDGE  3: a carriage or automobile kept for hire 
2. hackney aj 1: kept for public hire  2: HACKNEYED  archaic  3: done or 
   suitable for doing by a drudge 
3. hackney vt 1a: to make common or frequent use of  1b: to make trite, 
   vulgar, or commonplace  archaic  2: to make sophisticated or jaded