"Mamma would die if she knew. The boy," replied Georgiana, "walked with us to Oxford Street, and we took a hackney-coach. Will Mrs. Gooch ever forgive us for getting out of it at her door?"
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Hackney
//ˈhækni//
Synonyms for "hackney" (67 found)
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Closest matches (14)
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Related words (33)
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Translations
18 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- наемен adj (Offered for hire)
- наемен кон noun (horse used to ride or drive)
- наемна кола noun (carriage for hire or a cab)
Finnish
4 entries- ajohevonen noun (horse used to ride or drive)
- hackney noun (breed of English horse)
- hevonen noun (ordinary horse)
- ratsu noun (horse used to ride or drive)
French
2 entries- hackney noun (breed of English horse)
- haquenée noun (horse used to ride or drive)
Ido
1 entries- fiakro noun (carriage for hire or a cab)
Japanese
1 entries- 使い古す verb (to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use)
Portuguese
4 entries- banal adj (Much used)
- batido adj (Much used)
- corriqueiro adj (Much used)
- trivial adj (Much used)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
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.
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hackney coaches
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hackney authors
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