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hansom cab
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Hansom cab
(gcide) | Hansom \Han"som\ (h[a^]n"s[u^]m), n., Hansom cab \Han"som cab`\
(k[a^]b`). [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.
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He hailed a cruising hansom . . . " 'Tis the gondola of
London," said Lothair. --Beaconsfield.
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Hansom cab
(gcide) | Cab \Cab\ (k[a^]b), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually
a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." --Thackeray.
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Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles to the
driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel
to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or
front.
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Hansom cab. See Hansom.
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2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer
has his station. --Knight.
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hansom cab
(wn) | hansom cab
n 1: a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the
driver's seat above and behind the passengers [syn:
hansom, hansom cab] |
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