Usually means: Horses bred for riding, carriage.
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  1. hackneys: Merriam-Webster
  2. hackneys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hackneys: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hackneys: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hackney's, hackneys: Wordnik
  6. hackneys: Wiktionary
  7. Hackneys: Dictionary.com
  8. Hackneys: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Hackneys: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hackneys: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hackneys: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hackneys: Encyclopedia

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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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