hackney
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Someone showing a miniature pinscher wants to showcase the high-stepping hackney gait that is a hallmark of the breed.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Council chiefs in all 10 boroughs have signed up to minimum standards for private hire and hackney carriage drivers in the licensing process.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
I live in London, where there is a centuries-old licensed hackney carriage trade.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
After a brief tussle with sedan chairs, horse-drawn hackney carriages ruled the streets for the best part of 300 years.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2016
He had some dreadful troubles trying to borrow horses from people, and finally ended up on a groom’s hackney, can tering after Galahad as fast as it could go.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Polo ponies, saddle horses, hunters, pony tandems, draft horses, tandems, hackneys, artillery horses strapped to caissons, police mounts, jumpers, saddle tandems, road hacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had used 64 English hackneys, posted along the route two weeks before the run.
From Time Magazine Archive
So did the widely-held opinion that bobtailed, high-stepping English hackneys are more suited to coaching than U. S. standard-bred trotters.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a paragraph or so our blood Is up, and even our jaded hackneys scud along, and warm up into friskiness.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Who but John Fletcher’s horse, in all the town, Amongst all hackneys, purchased this renown?
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
