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Webster 1913 Edition
Hansom cab
Han′som
(hăn′sŭm)
, Noun.
Han′som cabˊ
(kăbˊ)
[From the name of the inventor.]
A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver’s seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
He hailed a cruising
hansom
. . . “ 'Tis the gondola of London,” said Lothair. Beaconsfield.