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    HACKNEY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A compact breed of harness horseplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("hackney" is a kind of...):

    harness horse (horse used for pulling vehicles)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A carriage for hireplay

    Synonyms:

    hackney; hackney carriage; hackney coach

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("hackney" is a kind of...):

    carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackney"):

    four-wheeler (a hackney carriage with four wheels)

    remise (an expensive or high-class hackney)

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