[DOC] [TLE] Hackney carriage - Wikipedia [PAR] A hackney or hackney carriage is a carriage or automobile for hire. A hackney of 
a more expensive or high class was called a remise. ... The New York City 
colloquial terms "hack" (taxi or taxi-driver), hackstand (taxi ... The French had a 
small hackney coach called a fiacre. .... Jump up ^ "The history of the word "
Hackney"". [DOC] [TLE] Taxicab - Wikipedia [PAR] A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, 
used by a ... A "cabriolet" is a type of horse-drawn carriage, from the French word 
... The first documented public hackney coach service for hire was in London in 
1605. .... Another option is a taxi stand (sometimes also called a "cab stand," "
hack... [DOC] [TLE] Hacker | Define Hacker at Dictionary.com [PAR] Hacker definition, a person or thing that hacks. ... an old or worn-out horse; jade. 
6. a coach or carriage kept for hire; hackney. 7. Informal. a taxi. Also, hackie. a 
cabdriver. ... of Robert, and came with his father to the hacker creek settlement in 
1772. .... prison guards perhaps so called because they sometimes beat 
prisoners]... [DOC] [TLE] Hack | Define Hack at Dictionary.com [PAR] Hack definition, to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with 
heavy, ... See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com .... a coach or carriage kept for 
hire; hackney. 7. Informal. a taxi. Also, hackie. a cabdriver. .... a cab driver; a taxi 
.... the man; prison guards perhaps so called because they sometimes beat 
prisoners]... [DOC] [TLE] Hack: From Taxis to Lousy Writers | Merriam-Webster [PAR] The word hack can describe any number of occupations, often with a tinge of 
disparagement. ... Such horses were often let out for hire to pull a coach or cab. [DOC] [TLE] hack - Wiktionary [PAR] From Middle English hacken, hakken, from Old English *haccian ("to hack"; 
attested in thaccian   (to hack to .... For usage examples of this term, see 
Citations:hack. .... (slang) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver. A coach or carriage let 
for hire; particularly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney 
coach. [DOC] [TLE] Thursday 2 February 1659/60 (Pepys' Diary) [PAR] After all this we went to a sport called, selling of a horse for a dish of eggs ... 
Because taxis are still called 'hackney carriages' in London to this day. .... It's 
easy to see how the word came to be used for writers (who often can follow well-
worn routes). ... A coach or carriage for hire ... v. ... NYC taxi drivers have hack 
licenses. [DOC] [TLE] Previous Entries - The Word Detective [PAR] Oct 4, 2015 ... The Word Detective answers reader questions about word and ... Old Archives ... 
From meaning a horse for hire, the term hackney eventually came to mean just 
... in the word was the rise of the hackney coach, a horse-drawn coach ... New 
York City are called hackies and their cabs are called hacks. [DOC] [TLE] What does hack mean - Definition of hack - Word finder [PAR] 3 (context pejorative English) Someone who is available for hire; hireling, 
mercenary. 4 (context slang English) A taxicab (hackney cab) driver. 5 A coach or
... [DOC] [TLE] Hackney Coaches - Taxi Library [PAR] The earliest London "cab" drivers were the Thames watermen who rowed ... The 
word "hackney" is derived from the Latin "equus" (meaning horse) via the Old ... 
for hire becomes worn out very quickly, "hackneyed" also came to mean just that 
... In North America "hackney" survives in the slang term "hack", while in the 
United... [DOC] [TLE] hackney carriage |

Question: Cab drivers came to be called hacks because of this old word for a coach for hire
Answer: hackney