After a paragraph or so our blood Is up, and even our jaded hackneys scud along, and warm up into friskiness.
On his way home he fell in with Mr. Dacre and the two Baronets, returning on their hackneys from a hard fought field.
I'm sure they are grown so common already amongst you that ladies of quality begin to take up with hackneys again.
Many of them still bore noble arms, and, indeed, it would seem that when the hackneys were no longer disused noblemen's carriages, the proprietors found it advisable to pretend that they were.
The drivers of these firsthackneys wore large coats with several capes, one over the other, for warmth.
England had yet to follow Andersen's example, but the hackneys were increasing so rapidly in London that in 1635 a proclamation was issued to suppress them.
For the commoner hackneys a substitute had been found.
Frequent mention is made of hackneys and trotters in old farm accounts of the 14th century.
Skipper caught hasty glimpses of smart hackneys drawn up trembling by the roadside, of women who tumbled from bicycles into the bushes, and of men who ran and shouted and waved their hats.
It was within a few hours of the time when the hackneys were to take the ring--and look at him!
Therefore, the king ordered her to borrow the hackneys of the countess and chariots, too.
So zealous was this messenger on his master's commissions, that his hackneys were ruined by his fast riding and had to be sold for petty sums.
The said queen had neither hackneys nor vehicles with which to follow her husband.
Then they all mounted their chariots and hackneys and issued forth on the streets in great triumph and wonderful were the jousts of the Tree of Gold.
However, in spite of all, the countess would gladly have given the queen the hackneys as a gift if they had been asked, and she sent them to her by one of her equerries named Corneille de la Barre, together with chariots and waggons.
But the kindness of the Hackneys pleased her, and she did not seem to mind accepting civilities from them.
This was the day before the girls were to move in; it was a Friday, and the Hackneys had offered to take in anything that was sent down beforehand, and suggested their coming in on the Saturday before quarter-day.
The two young men accordingly alighted and entered the inn, where they first eased[434] their hackneys and after supper with the host, having taken good care to bring provision with them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hackneys" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
