hackney
— Noun
– English
~ a compact breed of harness horse
hackney coach
— Noun
– English
~ a carriage for hire
hackneyed
— Adjective
– English
~ 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'"