hackney
suomi-englanti sanakirjahackney englannista suomeksi
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hackney englanniksi
An ordinary horse.
(RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard)
A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
quoted in 1972, Pat Rogers, ''Grub Street: Studies in a Subculture'' (page 384)
- Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experienceHow unhappy's the fateTo live by one's pateAnd to be forced to write hackney for bread.
Offered for hire.
''hackney coaches''
Much used; trite; mean.
''hackney authors''
{{quote-text|en|year=a. 1685|author=Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon|title=The Ghost of the old House of Commons to the new one appointed to meet at Oxford.
To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
To use as a hackney.
To carry in a hackney coach.
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