hackney
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I live in London, where there is a centuries-old licensed hackney carriage trade.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2017
“This hackney driver exhibited exemplary behavior and his honest deed should be recognized,” Police Commissioner William Evans said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 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
Stage one complete, we look for a cab, which takes four whole minutes and we get into the hackney carriage for the return leg at 1.49pm.
From The Guardian ● May 30, 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
Therefore, the king ordered her to borrow the hackneys of the countess and chariots, too.
From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam
I'll lend you Osmond—he's my horse now, and he's a pearl of hackneys.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood
