Hackney

1.

A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.

2.

A horse or pony kept for hire.

3.

A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

4.

A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.

1.

Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To carry in a hackney coach.