Meaning of Hansom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. Ellipsis of Hansom cab.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom, and drove straight to Jekyll's house.”

“"Yes, if you have⟳ nothing better to do." A minute later we were both in a hansom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road.”

““There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape⟳ like⟳ an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]””

“The shooting motor cars, more like⟳ spiders in the moon than terrestrial objects, the thundering drays, the jingling hansoms, and little black broughams, made her think⟳ of the world she lived in.”

“The ghost of Selby stirred in him. His thoughts slipped back to the day when he had stolen from his well-appointed office to a waiting hansom—there had still been a good many hansoms in those days—and driven quickly to the docks.”

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