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
After the first official licensing of hackney carriage drivers in 1838 and the formalisation, decades later, of “the Knowledge”, London’s black cab drivers ruled the roads more or less unchallenged.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2016
“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
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
Elf, 246.Thomas a Fearie, 230.Threats against traitor, 201.Tree, 238-239.White hackneys, 242.Women, 238-240, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246.Familiars, 93-95, 184, 205-237." as gods, 219, 220."
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
They are great travelers, and very enduring, and when broke to the shafts or traces will be excellent in harness as family hackneys.
From Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party by Delany, Martin Robison
