Found 2 items, similar to Hackneying.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hackney
hackney
n 1: a carriage for hire [syn:
hackney carriage,
hackney coach]
2: a compact breed of harness horse
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hackneying
Hackney
\Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hackneyed (-n[i^]d);
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.
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Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak.
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2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper.
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