Hackney

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

(2): ( n.) A horse or pony kept for hire.

(3): ( n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

(4): ( v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach.

(5): ( v. t.) 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.

(6): ( a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

(7): ( n.) A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

An important parish and borough of Middlesex, a suburb of London, 3 m. NE. of St. Paul's; returns three members of Parliament.