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