hansom
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++han·som /ˈhænsəm/ (also hansom cab) noun [countable] TTBa small vehicle pulled by a horse which was used in the past as a taxi 〔旧时的〕出租马车
Examples from the Corpus
hansom• In addition to the milk floats there were also a few redundant horse vehicles, including a pre-war bread van and a hansom cab.• I caught up with him on Exhibition Road, where he had run into the street and flagged down a hansom.• Bid Mrs Hudson to have a hansom flagged down and waiting for us.• The time when you would be relieved by the spectre of a hansom cab in the eerily unpeopled streets.• Yes ... I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect, in Threadneedle Street.• Then, every evening - oh, the danger of it - home by hansom.• As he spoke, the hansom turned into the drive before the Foreign Office.han·som nounChineseSyllable
which a vehicle Corpus horse a small by pulled
hansom
han‧som /ˈhænsəm/
(also ˈhansom ˌcab) noun [countable]
han‧som /ˈhænsəm/
(also ˈhansom ˌcab) noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Joseph Hansom (1803-82), British architect who designed it
a small vehicle pulled by a horse which was used in the past as a taxi
Origin: Joseph Hansom (1803-82), British architect who designed it