Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HACK'NEY
HACK'NEY, n. [Fr. haquenée, a pacing horse; Sp. hacanea, a nag somewhat larger than a pony; haca, a pony; Port. hacanea or acanea, a choice pad, or ambling nag; It. chinea.]
- A pad; a nag; a pony. Chaucer.
- A horse kept for hire; a horse much used; also a lady's pony.
- A coach or other carriage kept for hire, and often exposed in the streets of cities. The word is sometimes contracted to hack.
- Any thing much used or used in common; a hireling; a prostitute.
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