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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125058" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125058" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A horse or pony kept for hire. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. </p> <p> (4): (v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach. </p> <p> (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. </p> <p> (6): (a.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] horse or pony kept for hire. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach. </p> <p> '''(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. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' a.) Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74240" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74240" /> == | ||
<p> An important parish and borough of Middlesex, a suburb of London, 3 m. | <p> An important parish and borough of Middlesex, a suburb of London, 3 m. [[Ne.]] of St. Paul's; returns three members of Parliament. </p> | ||
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