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hackney

noun pl. hackneys

  1. a horse for ordinary driving or riding
  2. a carriage for hire
  3. Obsolete a drudge

adjective

  1. hired out
  2. trite; commonplace

transitive verb

  1. to hire out
  2. to make trite

borough of Greater London, England: pop. 181,000

See hackney in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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