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hackney carriage

NOUN
  1. a carriage for hire

How To Use hackney carriage In A Sentence

  • There was a panic in Dhurrumtolla; a "ticca-gharry" -- the shabby oblong box on wheels, dignified in municipal regulations as a hackney carriage -- was running away. Hilda A Story of Calcutta
  • A hackney carriage plate allows drivers to pick up passengers who flag them down in the street or from ranks in the city.
  • Whatever a hackney carriage may be classed as, it is still a car that carries a limited number of passengers who are paying for the privilege of being chauffeured from door to door.
  • During a three-hour check of 59 Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles they found eight had defective tyres, while one had a faulty exhaust.
  • An increase in hackney carriage numbers can lead to additional pressure on hackney carriage stands.
  • He said this month all 82 hackney carriages had passed their yearly inspection.
  • Hackney carriage drivers are only allowed to wait for trade in designated ranks but they can be flagged down for journeys.
  • They not only have the law to answer to, but the Hackney Carriage Licensing Authority and the taxi office from which they work.
  • Some people want a discreet vehicle to turn up for them, that's why they don't call a hackney carriage. Private hire taxis to have new signs
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