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n. pl. Hackneys. 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.

 - adj. Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

 - vb. 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.