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What does hansom mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) A Hansom cab; a carriage
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Colonel bramley had given the Senator a sartorial address of repute, and presently the hansom drew up before it, in Piccadilly.
They passed out on to the pavement, and the commissionaire called a hansom.
Far into the distance curved the line of flickering gas-lamps, and outside a little walled-in house stood a solitary hansom, the driver asleep inside.
He goes to Bond Street and hails a hansom, tells the driver an address, and gives him some extra money when the driver tells him it is too far.
Solid rubber tires were introduced in 1881 on the wheels of hansom cabs in London.
Unless you're playing racquetball at the New York Athletic Club or taking Aunt Doris for a sorry ride in a hansom cab, exactly what would you be doing on these three blocks?

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