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Hackney

/hˈækni/
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(noun) An ordinary horse.

The hackney carriage was old-fashioned.
She took a hackney to the airport.
CEFR Practice Quiz
In the past, people would often call for a ____ carriage to take them through the busy streets of old London.

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