hackney

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People arriving by train can also get a hackney carriage to the site, or use the shuttle bus service via Reading Buses.

From BBC

Black hackney cabs are meant to be the only cars you can hail on the street, but the app technology and smartphones changed that and meant people started "e-hailing" minicabs.

From BBC

Someone showing a miniature pinscher wants to showcase the high-stepping hackney gait that is a hallmark of the breed.

From Seattle Times

Council chiefs in all 10 boroughs have signed up to minimum standards for private hire and hackney carriage drivers in the licensing process.

From BBC

She moved to Paris just in time to witness King Louis XVI “in a hackney coach going to meet his death,” she wrote.

From New York Times