hackney vs horseflesh

hackney

noun
  • A breed of English horse. 

  • A carriage for hire or a cab. 

  • A horse used to ride or drive. 

verb
  • To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use. 

  • To use as a hackney. 

  • To carry in a hackney coach. 

adj
  • Much used; trite; mean. 

  • Offered for hire. 

horseflesh

noun
  • The flesh of a horse; horsemeat. 

  • Horses collectively, with reference to driving, riding, or racing. 

  • A species of Bahama mahogany, Lysiloma sabicu and Lysiloma latisiliquum. 

adj
  • Of the colour of horseflesh; of a peculiar reddish-brown hue. 

How often have the words hackney and horseflesh occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )