hackneys
- plural of hackney.
Example Sentences
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So did the widely-held opinion that bobtailed, high-stepping English hackneys are more suited to coaching than U. S. standard-bred trotters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Polo ponies, saddle horses, hunters, pony tandems, draft horses, tandems, hackneys, artillery horses strapped to caissons, police mounts, jumpers, saddle tandems, road hacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had used 64 English hackneys, posted along the route two weeks before the run.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a paragraph or so our blood Is up, and even our jaded hackneys scud along, and warm up into friskiness.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
When I tell you that he was the best animal I ever crossed, I need n't say what the loss was to me; the nags you saw were broken-down hackneys in comparison.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
