hackney

Southampton City Council regulates the maximum fares for licensed hackney carriage vehicles within the city boundary, which means drivers have to "bite the bullet" and soak up those increased costs, McMillan said.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

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

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

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

He had used 64 English hackneys, posted along the route two weeks before the run.

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

Do not men breed racehorses, which are useless for any practical kind of work, but which preserve the purity of the breed and become the sires of excellent hackneys and hunters?

From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch

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 Martin Robison Delany