(British, chiefly, _, historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire.
(British, chiefly, _, historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire.
It is clear the Tory party is on an ideological crusade against my industry. Its interference in London’s recent private hire review shows just how far the government will go to deregulate the UK hackney carriage trade.
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(chiefly, _, UK) , (historical) a carriage pulled by a hackney horse or a motorized vehicle available for public hire.
(British, American) A light, simple, two-person carriage of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two horses.
(British, historical) A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.
(dated) A hackney coach driver .
(British, formal) , an officially licensed taxi, a motorized vehicle for public hire.
It is clear the Tory party is on an ideological crusade against my industry. Its interference in London’s recent private hire review shows just how far the government will go to deregulate the UK hackney carriage trade.