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Definition of hansom noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hansom

noun

/ˈhænsəm/

/ˈhænsəm/

(also hansom cab)

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a carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse, used in the past to carry two passengers
Word Originmid 19th cent.: named after Joseph A. Hansom (1803–82), English architect, designer of such a cab in 1834.

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