[hack.ney] n, pl hack.neys [ME hakeney] (14c) 1 a: a horse suitable for ordinary riding or driving b: a trotting horse used chiefly for driving c often cap: any of an English breed of rather compact usu. chestnut, bay, or brown high-stepping horses
2. obs: one that works for hire: drudge
3: a carriage or automobile kept for hire
[2]hackney adj (1589) 1: kept for public hire
2: hackneyed 3 archaic: done or suitable for doing by a drudge [3]hackney vt hack.neyed ; hack.ney.ing (1596) 1 a: to make common or frequent use of b: to make trite, vulgar, or commonplace
2. archaic: to make sophisticated or jaded