3. A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.
4. A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
HACKNEY
Hack"ney, a.
Defn: Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. "Hackney tongue." Roscommon.
HACKNEY
Hack"ney, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]
1. 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. Had I lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. Shak.
2. To carry in a hackney coach. Cowper.
HACKNEYMAN
Hack"ney*man, n.; pl. Hackneymen (.
Defn: A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.
HACKSTER
Hack"ster, n. Etym: [From Hack to cut.]