Usually means: Taxi licensed for public hire.
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  1. hackney carriage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. hackney carriage: Vocabulary.com
  3. hackney carriage: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. hackney carriage: Wiktionary
  5. hackney carriage: Dictionary.com
  6. Hackney Carriage, Hackney carriage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. hackney carriage: Rhymezone
  8. hackney carriage: FreeDictionary.org
  9. hackney carriage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. hackney carriage: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. hackney carriage: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hackney carriage: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hackney carriage)

noun:  (British, chiefly historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire.
noun:  (British, formal) Synonym of black cab, an officially licensed taxi, a motorized vehicle for public hire.

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