hansom
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈhænsəm/
- Archaic
:
cabriolet
- We shared a hansom back from the theater one evening.
- hansom cab
- hansom cab ride
- hansom cab driver
Examples
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I will take a hansom.
Fiction book (1993) -
Should I call a hansom, sir?
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We can catch a hansom here.
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Then a hansom cab ride through Central Park.
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I have a hansom cab waiting for me outside.
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Fetch me a hansom, quickly.
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I hailed a passing hansom and escaped.
Fiction book (1990) -
At Hyde Park Corner, he hailed a passing hansom.
Fiction book (1990) -
We entered one of the hansom cabs queued up outside of The Player's Club.
Fiction book (1990) -
We entered one of the hansom cabs queued up outside of The Player's Club.
Synonyms
10
8.8
A small two-wheeled carriage with two seats and a folding hood
2
9.9
A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind
Compounds
- Archaic
2
9.9
A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind
How Enclosed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hansom is named after Joseph Hansom, the man who designed a clever small two-wheeled carriage in the 1800s. So a hansom came to mean that covered horse cab, like an old version of a modern 'taxi'.