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Hackney logo #10101) Cab 2) Equine
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Hackney

Hackney logo #10101) Cab or horse 2) Carriage 3) Carriage horse 4) Carriage type 5) English toponymic surname 6) Equipage 7) Exclusively Anglo word 8) Exclusively Saxon word 9) Former civil parish in London 10) Hackney coach 11) Horse before the cart 12) Horse-drawn taxi 13) London taxi 14) Word of purely Anglo origin
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  1. a carriage for hire
  2. a compact breed of harness horse

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Hackney logo #21000 Hackney commonly refers to Hackney Central, an area of London, or the London Borough of Hackney. It may also refer to: ==Places== ==People== ==Other uses== ...
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Hackney logo #21000[automobile] The Hackney was a marque of microcar which seated one adult or two children, built in the mid-to-later 1950s by the Gordon W. Morton Company of High Point Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. It somewhat resembled the concurrent Eshelman automobile, but differed in its most remarkable engineering features which included what the...
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Hackney logo #21000[parish] Hackney was a parish in the historic county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney was built in 1789, replacing the nearby former 16th-century parish church dedicated to St Augustine (pulled down in 1798). The original tower of that church was retained to hold the bells until the new church could be strengthened; the...
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hackney logo #22641four-wheeled two-horse carriage
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Hackney logo #21002• (v. t.) To carry in a hackney coach. • (v. t.) 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. • (n.) A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach. • (n.) A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony. • (a...
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Hackney logo #21003inner borough of London, in the historic county of Middlesex. Hackney lies north of the City of London and Tower Hamlets, and its eastern boundary is ...
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Hackney logo #21003stylish carriage horse breed, now used primarily as a show horse. It was developed in the 18th century by crossing Thoroughbreds with the Norfolk ... [2 related articles]
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hackney logo #21003any carriage plying for hire, although hackney coach usually refers to a four-wheeled carriage drawn by two horses and holding six passengers. ...
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Hackney logo #20972Hack'ney (-nȳ) noun ; plural Hackneys (-nĭz). [ Middle English hakeney , hakenay ; confer French haquenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, Old French also haguenée , Spanish hacanea , OSp. facanea , Dutch hakkenei , also ...
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Hackney logo #20972Hack'ney adjective Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors. ' Hackney tongue.' Roscommon.
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Hackney logo #20972Hack'ney transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hackneyed (-nĭd); present participle & verbal noun Hackneying .] 1. To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make t...
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Hackney logo #22293There are two hackney breeds, one a horse, the other a pony. Both are bred for their brilliant, high-stepping performance in harness. The Hackney horse developed in Great Britain in the early 18th Century as a stylish, spirited light horse favored by English sportsmen and aristocrats as a carriage horse. The Hackney pony was developed by crossing t...
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hackney logo #20400[n] - a carriage for hire 2. [n] - a compact breed of harness horse
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hackney logo #20974hackney carriage noun a carriage for hire
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