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Hansom

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han⋅som

  [han-suhm]
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–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.
Also called hansom cab.

Origin:
1850–55; named after J. A. Hansom (1803–82), English architect who designed it
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han·som   (hān'səm)   
n.  A two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind. Also called hansom cab.

[After Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803-1882), British architect.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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hansom 
"two-wheeled, two-person cab," 1847, from James A. Hansom (1803-1882), Eng. architect who designed such a vehicle c.1834.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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