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
I live in London, where there is a centuries-old licensed hackney carriage trade.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
“It’s a girl” was shouted from the rafters of the BT Tower to the more plebeian heights of London’s hackney cabs.
From US News ● May 4, 2015
In March, he was given a hackney carriage licence by a council officer.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2014
“Oh! but their removing from the chaise into a hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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
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
On his way home he fell in with Mr. Dacre and the two Baronets, returning on their hackneys from a hard fought field.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Give to thy tenants and vavasours easy hackneys, palfries, and coursers.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
