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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hansom

/(hăn"sŭm)/ · Han·som · IPA /hˈænsəm/
01 n. A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
  1. 1.
    A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
    “He hailed a cruising hansom . . . “ 'Tis the gondola of London,” said Lothair.” — Beaconsfield.