hackney vs horsy

hackney

noun
  • A breed of English horse. 

  • A carriage for hire or a cab. 

  • A horse used to ride or drive. 

adj
  • Much used; trite; mean. 

  • Offered for hire. 

verb
  • To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use. 

  • To use as a hackney. 

  • To carry in a hackney coach. 

horsy

noun
  • A child's term or name for a horse. 

  • A game where a child rides on the back of another, who is on all fours. 

adj
  • Of or relating to horses. 

  • Of a person or people, involved in breeding or riding horses. 

  • Of a graphic design or typographical treatment which is clumsy, clunky, or unrefined. 

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