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HANSOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers
Synonyms:
hansom; hansom cab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hansom" is a kind of...):
carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)
Context examples:
We had not long to wait, for our Norfolk squire came straight from the station as fast as a hansom could bring him.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was still balancing the matter in my mind when a hansom cab drove up to Briony Lodge, and a gentleman sprang out.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When your round is a short one you walk, and when it is a long one you use a hansom.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was indeed like old times when, at that hour, I found myself seated beside him in a hansom, my revolver in my pocket, and the thrill of adventure in my heart.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I rushed upstairs, explained the matter shortly to my wife, and in five minutes was inside a hansom, driving with my new acquaintance to Baker Street.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the morning you will send for a hansom, desiring your man to take neither the first nor the second which may present itself.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hosmer came for us in a hansom, but as there were two of us he put us both into it and stepped himself into a four-wheeler, which happened to be the only other cab in the street.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was not until close upon six o’clock that I found myself free and was able to spring into a hansom and drive to Baker Street, half afraid that I might be too late to assist at the dénouement of the little mystery.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And my words were true, for shortly after eight a hansom dashed up to the door and our friend got out of it.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
