hackney
/hækni/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
name
An English habitational surname from Old English.
name
(means of transportation): see hackney.
Example Sentences
- ""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?""
- "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."
- "hackney coaches"
- "hackney authors"
- "his accumulative and hackney tongue"
- "[…] To her, who, frugal only that her thrift / May feed excesses she can ill afford, / Is hackneyed home unlackeyed; […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: *Hacan īeġ, hakeney
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /hækni/