hansom
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.
any similar horse-drawn vehicle.
Origin of hansom
1- Also called hansom cab .
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How to use hansom in a sentence
He was uncomfortable, and there were hansoms about that he looked at wistfully.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesThere was no sound of traffic; no hansoms clattered over the cobbles, and it was still too early for the milk carts.
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories | Algernon BlackwoodI said when we had skirted the shallow drive, avoiding a couple of hansoms that stood there with the cabmen snug inside.
Witching Hill | E. W. HornungWe also felt it, for ten minutes afterward, our passions having died away, we shook hands cordially and agreed to call hansoms.
The Little White Bird | J. M. BarrieHe kept chiefly to the great roads, so full of hansoms that a wilder pair than they might easily have passed in the press.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for hansom
/ (ˈhænsəm) /
(sometimes capital) a two-wheeled one-horse carriage with a fixed hood. The driver sits on a high outside seat at the rear: Also called: hansom cab
Origin of hansom
1Collins 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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