: a light 2-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind
called alsohansom cab
Illustration of hansom
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn 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.—New York Times, 17 May 2022
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