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hansom
noun
han·som
ˈhan(t)-səm 
: a light 2-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind
called also hansom cab
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In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance.
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New York Times, 17 May 2022
The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
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New York Times, 17 May 2022
The three musicians have grown from talented tweens to svelte, beyond-hansom thirty somethings.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
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“Hansom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hansom. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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hansom
noun
han·som
ˈhan(t)-səm
: a light two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind
called also hansom cab
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