Usually means: Making something trite through overuse.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hackneying: Merriam-Webster
  2. hackneying: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hackneying: Wiktionary
  4. Hackneying, hackneying: Dictionary.com
  5. Hackneying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Hackneying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. hackneying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. hackneying: FreeDictionary.org
  9. hackneying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hackneying: Encyclopedia

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  1. hackneying: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hackney)

noun:  A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
noun:  A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).
noun:  An English habitational surname from Old English.
noun:  One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney
noun:  (in compounds) (means of transportation): see hackney.
noun:  (archaic) An ordinary horse.
noun:  A carriage for hire or a cab.
noun:  A horse used to ride or drive.
noun:  A breed of English horse.
noun:  (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
noun:  (archaic, uncountable) Inferior writing; literary hackwork.
adjective:  Offered for hire.
adjective:  (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.
verb:  (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
verb:  (transitive) To use as a hackney.
verb:  (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.
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