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hackney

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A horse suitable for riding; specifically, a strong medium-sized horse with a high-stepping trot, often used in harness competitions; also, such horses collectively as a breed.
  2. noun A horse which is hired out.
  3. noun A horse which is hired out.
  4. noun In full hackney carriage, hackney coach: a horse-drawn carriage which is hired out.
  5. noun Writing which is dull or follows a predictable formula, produced so the writer can be paid rather than as a creative work; literary hackwork. A person who does menial work; a drudge, a hireling, a lackey. A person or thing that is exploited. A prostitute.
  6. noun Writing which is dull or follows a predictable formula, produced so the writer can be paid rather than as a creative work; literary hackwork.
  7. noun A person who does menial work; a drudge, a hireling, a lackey. A person or thing that is exploited. A prostitute.
  8. noun A person who does menial work; a drudge, a hireling, a lackey.

Similar words

hackney coach coachmen hackney downs haggerston homerton hoxton haringey tower hamlets london fields hounslow

Often followed by

coach coaches and carriage carriages coachman coachmen in cab

Word family

Hackney Hackneys hackneyed hackneying hackneys

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