noun
- a horse for ordinary riding or driving
- a carriage or cab for hire
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
verb
- to make commonplace or trite by overuse
Examples
- The merchant rode his hackney to the market.
- She hailed a hackney to take her across town.
- The phrase has been hackneyed by constant repetition.
- Don’t hackney that joke by telling it too often.
- The old hackney waited patiently outside the inn.
- His writing style became hackneyed over time.