hackney
noun
a carriage or coach for hire; cab.
hackneys
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pluralof hackney.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He had used 64 English hackneys, posted along the route two weeks before the run.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There are not many of them, either, to whom the laity are anxious to lend superior hackneys.
From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Rolf Boldrewood
As I remember them, the old Gordon hackneys move as deliberately as old Gordon himself—that is, if horse flesh can move as slowly as human flesh.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
