Definition of hackney
- n. - A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
- n. - A horse or pony kept for hire.
- n. - A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
- n. - A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
- a. - Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used;
trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
- 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 metaphor or quotation.
- v. t. - To carry in a hackney coach.