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hackneyed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hackney \Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackneyed}; p. pr & vb n. {Hackneying}.] 1. To devote to common or frequent use as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as a hackneyed metaphor or quotation. Had I lavish of my presence been So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men. --Shak. 2. To carry in a hackney coach. --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hackneyed adj : repeated too often overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: {banal}, {commonplace}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare}, {timeworn}, {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
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