hansom cab

WORDNET DICTIONARY

hansom cab(n = noun.artifact) hansom - a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers; Array

is a kind of carriage, equipage, rig

hansom cab, n. [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. [1913 Webster]

"He hailed a cruising hansom . . . “ 'Tis the gondola of London,” said Lothair." [1913 Webster]

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