hackney

[US]/'hæknɪ/
[UK]/ˈhækni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en hest egnet til almindelig ridning eller kørsel, en hestevogn eller taxi til leje, en person der er ansat til at udføre simple opgaver.
Word Forms
Pluralhackneys

Phrases & Collocations

hackney carriage

hackney carriage

hackneyed phrase

hackneyed phrase

hackneyed idea

hackneyed idea

Example Sentences

a soap opera with a hackneyed plot;

en sæbeopera med en slidt handling;

the hackneyed image of the poor student

det slidte billede af den fattige studerende

this is a hackneyed adventure lifted straight from a vintage Lassie episode.

dette er et slidt eventyr, der er løftet direkte fra en vintage Lassie-episode.

to hackney one's ideas

at hackney sine ideer

to hackney one's writing

at hackney sin skrivning

Real-world Examples

Like you'd get in some bistro somewhere rather than in my flat in hackney.

Som man ville få i en bistro et eller andet sted i stedet for i min lejlighed i Hackney.

Source: Make healthy meals with Jamie.

Suddenly he fell from the hackney and was hurt by a hacksaw on the ground.

Pludselig faldt han fra hackney'en og blev såret af en bajonetsav på jorden.

Source: Pan Pan

'Oh! but their removing from the chaise into an hackney coach is such a presumption! And, besides, no traces of them were to be found on the Barnet road'.

Åh! Men deres fjernelse fra chaise'en til en hackney coach er en sådan påstand! Og desuden blev der ikke fundet spor af dem på Barnet-vejen.

Source: Pride and Prejudice - English Audio Version (Read by Emilia Fox)

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