Hackney /(-ny̆)/

pl. Hackneys ((-nĭz))

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.

imp. & p. p. Hackneyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying

1. 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.

   Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.

2. To carry in a hackney coach.