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# hackney

«hackney» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hackney, a borough (area) in East London** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hackney, hackneys); adjective hackneyed; noun, a name (Hackney)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Hackney, a borough (area) in East London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#m1)

2) A hackney carriage: the official name for a taxi in the UK, especially a black cab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#m2)

3) A breed of horse or pony with a high-stepping trot, once used to pull carriages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#m3)

4) «Hackneyed» means used so often it has become boring: a hackneyed phrase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British life and law, «hackney carriage» is written on licensed taxis. In history lessons hackney coaches were horse-drawn cabs for hire. In writing lessons teachers warn against hackneyed phrases (clichés) like «it was all a dream». Phrases: hackney carriage, a hackneyed phrase, the London Borough of Hackney.

### examples

- My cousin lives in Hackney in East London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x1)
- The sign on the black cab said «Hackney Carriage». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x2)
- Hackney ponies lift their legs high when they trot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x3)
- In Victorian times you could hire a hackney coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x4)
- «Once upon a time» is a hackneyed opening for a story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x5)
- The writer avoided hackneyed phrases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x6)
- Two minutes later, he was sitting in a hackney-coach and driving to Frederickshafen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/#x7)

### note

Capital H for the place name. Pronounced HACK-nee. «Hackneyed» is the adjective for overused words; it is linked to hired horses that were overworked.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hackney» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hackney/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.