hackney
Hired horse-drawn vehicle
Hackney originally meant a horse suitable for ordinary riding—not a warhorse or racer, but a reliable mount for hire.
From this came hackney carriages, the horse-drawn taxis of London.
The verb hackney means to make commonplace through overuse: hackneyed phrases are stale from repetition.
A hack writer produces routine work for pay, like a horse for hire. (Capitalized Hackney is a borough of London.)
Vehicle for hire
- coachOne who instructs
- chariotAncient horse-drawn fighter's vehicle
- buggyHorse-drawn cart
- stagecoachHorse-drawn route vehicle
landau · phaeton · surrey · gig · trap · barouche · dray · jitney
Wheeled passenger vehicle
- cabVehicle for hire
- steedSpirited riding horse
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
- mareFemale adult equine
gelding · foal · colt · filly · pony · trotter · hooves · saddle
Overused, unoriginal expression
- banalUnoriginal and dull
- staleNo longer fresh
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
- overusedEmployed too frequently
unoriginal · derivative · predictable · threadbare · worn-out · repetitive · prosaic · platitudinous
England's capital city
- East EndLondon district beyond the City
- ShoreditchEast London neighborhood
- ClaptonBritish guitar virtuoso
- gentrificationWealthy influx displacing locals
diverse · multicultural · markets · nightlife · hipster · Victorian · terraces · canal
cab
Vehicle for hire
stagecoach · landau · phaeton · surrey · gig · trap · barouche · dray · jitney · four-wheeler
carriage
Wheeled passenger vehicle
mare · gelding · foal · colt · filly · pony · trotter · hooves · saddle · bridle
cliché
Overused, unoriginal expression
overused · unoriginal · derivative · predictable · threadbare · worn-out · repetitive · prosaic · platitudinous · shopworn
London
England's capital city
- East EndLondon district beyond the City
- ShoreditchEast London neighborhood
- ClaptonBritish guitar virtuoso
gentrification · diverse · multicultural · markets · nightlife · hipster · Victorian · terraces · canal · borough
- historic transportcarriage, horse-drawn carriage, coach, phaeton, stagecoach
- Horse-drawn transportcarriages, wagons, coaches, buggies, carts
- rideshareUber, Lyft, rideshare, ride-hailing, taxi
- carriagescarriage, buggy, phaeton, barouche, brougham
- harness horsesstandardbred, trotter, trotters, pacer, pacers
- carriage horsesFriesian, four-in-hand
hackneyoriginal
First or inventive
novel · fresh · innovative · pioneering · groundbreaking
hackneythoroughbred
Of pure ancestral line
charger · warhorse · draft horse · purebred · palfrey
- hackney cabsLicensed public hire vehicles
- hackneyed sayingTrite overused expression