The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hackneying
Hackney \Hack"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]
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To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.
Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.
--Shak. To carry in a hackney coach.
--Cowper.
Wiktionary
hackneying
vb. (present participle of hackney English)