Definition of "hackneys" [hackneys]

• Plural form of hackney. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hackney. (verb)

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• "As he wrote in his diary, "It's necessary to run about here constantly due to the lack of hackneys.""
• "The whole of London was a warren of frantic activity: hackneys taxiing merchants to and fro; the ragged army of children that lurked beneath tarpaulins, carts, archways, and in doorways — a river of grimy life all ambling toward the one grave."
• "This fellow, I say, stiled himself a lawyer, but was indeed a most vile petty-fogger, without sense or knowledge of any kind; one of those who may be termed train-bearers to the law; a sort of supernumeraries in the profession, who are the hackneys of attorneys, and will ride more miles for half-a-crown than a postboy."