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