"hackney carriage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hackney carriages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=hackney carriage}} hackney carriage (plural hackney carriages)
  1. (British, historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire. Tags: British, historical
    Sense id: en-hackney_carriage-en-noun-uufa7lQL Categories (other): British English
  2. (British) A black cab. Tags: British Categories (topical): Carriages
    Sense id: en-hackney_carriage-en-noun-cg6HaYIM Disambiguation of Carriages: 31 69 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 73

Inflected forms

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