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hansom

[ han-suhm ]

noun

  1. a low-hung, two-wheeled, covered vehicle drawn by one horse, for two passengers, with the driver being mounted on an elevated seat behind and the reins running over the roof.
  2. any similar horse-drawn vehicle.


hansom

/ ˈhænsəm /

noun

  1. sometimes capital a two-wheeled one-horse carriage with a fixed hood. The driver sits on a high outside seat at the rear Also calledhansom cab
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hansom1

1850–55; named after J. A. Hansom (1803–82), English architect who designed it
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hansom1

C19: short for hansom cab, named after its designer J. A. Hansom (1803–82)
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Example Sentences

Outside the fairgrounds, I hailed a hansom cab.

Donald Pepper formed a special connection with a retired Philadelphia hansom cab horse.

A team of stagehands and handlers attached Lord’s hansom cab, and Musetta and her paramour loaded into it, with their prop shopping packages.

Leonard’s chosen genre is the Victorian mystery, whose iconography — sulfurous fog, hansom cabs — had already been fixed in Conan Doyle’s lifetime.

Both shows update the timeline of their source material to modern day, trading hansom cabs for subways and limousines.

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