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HACKNEY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hackney mean?

• HACKNEY (noun)
The noun HACKNEY has 2 senses:

1. a carriage for hire
2. a compact breed of harness horse

Familiarity information: HACKNEY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HACKNEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A carriage for hire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach

Hypernyms ("hackney" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackney"):

four-wheeler (a hackney carriage with four wheels)

remise (an expensive or high-class hackney)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A compact breed of harness horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hackney" is a kind of...):

harness horse (horse used for pulling vehicles)

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HACKNEY: related words searches

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