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The Hackney Carriage
The first black taxi in London was the hackney coach in the 17th Century. The name comes from hacquenée, the French term for a general-purpose horse. It literally means “ambling nag”.
Hackney carriage, from the French word hacquenee, meaning ambling nag
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