hackney
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Is hackney a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of hackney?
Definition
name (English)
1. (in compounds) (means of transportation): see hackney.in-compounds
noun (English)
1. (archaic) An ordinary horse.archaiccountableuncountable
2. (archaic) A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.archaiccountableuncountable
3. (archaic, uncountable) Inferior writing; literary hackwork.Examples: "Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experience How unhappy's the fate To live by one's pate And to be forced to write hackney for bread."archaicuncountable
adj (English)
1. (figuratively) Much used; trite; mean.Examples: "hackney authors"; "his accumulative and hackney tongue"figurativelynot-comparable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.transitive
2. (transitive) To use as a hackney.transitive
3. (transitive) To carry in a hackney coach.Examples: "[…] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]"transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary