HANSOM CAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hansom cab mean? 

• HANSOM CAB (noun)
  The noun HANSOM CAB has 1 sense:

1. a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers

  Familiarity information: HANSOM CAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANSOM CAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hansom; hansom cab

Hypernyms ("hansom cab" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

 Context examples 

I was still balancing the matter in my mind when a hansom cab drove up to Briony Lodge, and a gentleman sprang out.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Flo and I, for the fun of it, ordered a hansom cab, while Aunt and Uncle were out, and went for a drive, though we learned afterward that it wasn't the thing for young ladies to ride in them alone.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)