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hack·ney  audio  (hkn) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. hack·neys
  1. often Hackney A horse of a breed developed in England, having a gait characterized by pronounced flexion of the knee.
  2. A trotting horse suited for routine riding or driving; a hack.
  3. A coach or carriage for hire.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
hack·neyed, hack·ney·ing, hack·neys
  1. To cause to become banal and trite through overuse.
  2. To hire out; let.
ADJECTIVE:
  1. Banal; trite.
  2. Having been hired.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English hakenei, probably after Hakenei, Hackney, a borough of London, England, where such horses were raised


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