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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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  1. 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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