hackney

  • 91hackney carriage — noun a carriage for hire • Syn: ↑hackney, ↑hackney coach • Hypernyms: ↑carriage, ↑equipage, ↑rig • Hyponyms: ↑four wheeler, ↑remise …

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  • 92hackney pony — noun Usage: often capitalized H : a Hackney horse less than 14.2 hands high * * * Hackney pony, an English pony from 12 to 14½ hands high and weighing from 600 to 850 pounds …

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  • 93Hackney Canal — The Hackney Canal was a 5/8 mile long canal that ran from the River Teign to the Newton Abbot–Kingsteignton road. Its construction was undertaken by Lord Clifford in order to carry clay. The canal opened on 17 March 1843. It had a single lock… …

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  • 94hackney coach — 1. hackney (def. 1). 2. a four wheeled carriage having six seats and drawn by two horses. [1615 25] * * * …

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  • 95hackney-coach — n. Hackney …

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  • 96hackney coach — hack′ney coach n. 1) trs hackney 1) 2) trs a four wheeled carriage having six seats and drawn by two horses • Etymology: 1615–25 …

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  • 97Hackney — geographical name borough of N Greater London, England population 164,200 …

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  • 98hackney — I. noun (plural hackneys) Etymology: Middle English hakeney Date: 14th century 1. a. a horse suitable for ordinary riding or driving b. a trotting horse used chiefly for driving c. often capitalized any of an English breed of rather compact… …

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  • 99HACKNEY —    (230), an important parish and borough of Middlesex, a suburb of London, 3 m. NE. of St. Paul s; returns three members of Parliament …

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  • 100Hackney — Hack|ney 〈[hæ̣knı] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 Reitpferd, das keiner bestimmten Pferderasse zugeordnet werden kann; Syn. Hack [Etym.: engl.] …

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