hackney

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

Translation

n. un caballo adecuado para montar o conducir, una carroza o taxi en alquiler, una persona que es contratada para hacer tareas serviles.
Word Forms
Pluralhackneys

Phrases & Collocations

hackney carriage

carruaje de hackney

hackneyed phrase

frase trillada

hackneyed idea

idea trillada

Example Sentences

a soap opera with a hackneyed plot;

una telenovela con una trama trillada;

the hackneyed image of the poor student

la imagen trillada del estudiante pobre

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

esta es una aventura trillada sacada directamente de un episodio de Lassie de época.

to hackney one's ideas

para simplificar las ideas

to hackney one's writing

para simplificar la escritura

Real-world Examples

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

Como si lo encontraras en algún bistró en algún lugar en lugar de en mi apartamento en Hackney.

Source: Make healthy meals with Jamie.

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

De repente, cayó del hackney y fue herido por una sierra de metal en el suelo.

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'.

'¡Oh! Pero su traslado del chaise al hackney coach es una presunción tan grande! Y, además, no se encontraron rastros de ellos en la carretera de Barnet'.

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

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