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123everton | 00:50 Sun 29th Apr 2007 | Motoring
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What has Hackney got to do with taxis (carriages)?
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From Wikipedia:
"The name hackney derives not from the borough of Hackney in London, but from the French word haquen�e (an ambling horse or hack) referring to the horses which pulled the original carriages. The word hackney came subsequently to denote "for hire"."

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Chris
01:21 Sun 29th Apr 2007
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All you need is a good dictionary.Look it up.
20:25 Sun 29th Apr 2007

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