English Dictionary: hansom | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hansom \Han"som\, n., Hansom cab \Han"som cab`\ [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 . . . [bd] 'Tis the gondola of London,[b8] said Lothair. --Beaconsfield. |