Hansom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hansom is a noun meaning (historical) Ellipsis of Hansom cab.
Meaning
(historical) Ellipsis of Hansom cab.
Example Sentences
I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom, and drove straight to Jekyll's house.
"Yes, if you have nothing better to do." A minute later we were both in a hansom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road.
The shooting motor cars, more like spiders in the moon than terrestrial objects, the thundering drays, the jingling hansoms, and little black broughams, made her think of the world she lived in.
The ghost of Selby stirred in him. His thoughts slipped back to the day when he had stolen from his well-appointed office to a waiting hansom—there had still been a good many hansoms in those days—and driven quickly to the docks.
Word Forms
- hansoms
- hanson
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cab, hanson, hack, four-wheeler, hurly-hacket, hackney.
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