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hansom cab
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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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