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单词 hackney-chair
释义 ˈhackney-ˈchair
Formerly, a sedan chair, subsequently a bath chair or the like, plying publicly for hire. Hence hackney-chairman, the bearer, drawer, or keeper of a hackney-chair.
1710Act 9 Anne c. 27 (title), An Act for licensing and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs.Ibid. c. 23. §8 If any Hackney Coachman or Chairman shall..exact more for his Hire than the several Rates hereby limited.1776Adam Smith W.N. v. ii. (1869) II. 447 The tax upon every hackney coach..and upon every hackney chair.1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xvi, Long stands of hackney-chairs and groups of chairmen..obstructed the way.
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