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See also:HACKNEY (from Fr. haquenee, See also:Lat. equus, an ambling See also:horse or See also:mare, especially for ladies to ride; the See also:English " hack " is simply an See also:abbreviation) , originally a See also:riding-See also:horse . At the See also:present See also:day, however, the See also:hackney (as opposed to a thorough-bred) is bred for See also:driving as well as riding (see HORSE: Breeds) . From the See also:hiring-out of hackneys, the word came to be associated with employment for hire (so " a hack," as a See also:general See also:term for " drudge "), especially in See also:combination, e.g. hackney-See also:chair, hackney-See also:coach, hackney-See also:boat . The hackney-coach, a coach with four wheels and two horses, was a See also:form of hired public See also:conveyance (see See also:CARRIAGE) . |
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