Repeated too often. / (dated) Let out for hire.

simple past tense and past participle of hackney

plural of hackney

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hackney

present participle of hackney

A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured. / A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).

(archaic) An ordinary horse. / A carriage for hire or a cab. / A horse used to ride or drive. / A breed of English horse. / (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

Offered for hire. / (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.

(transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use. / (transitive) To use as a hackney. / (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.

(Britain, historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire. / (Britain) A black cab.