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ˈhackney-ˈcarriage
[f. hackney n. 6 c + carriage.]
Any carriage or vehicle standing or publicly plying for hire.
1796Mass. Acts & Laws (1896) 62 The said Selectmen are hereby authorized to grant licences for such number of Hackney Coaches & Carriages..as they shall judge proper. 1831Act 1 & 2 Will. IV c. 22. §3 Every Hackney Carriage mentioned and described in the Schedule. 1838Dickens O. Twist xlvi, Alighted from a hackney-carriage. 1847Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 89 §38 Every wheeled Carriage..used in standing or plying for Hire in any Street..and every Carriage standing upon any Street, public or private..having thereon any numbered Plate required by this..Act..shall be deemed to be a Hackney Carriage. |