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hansom

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hansom
a two-wheeled one-horse carriage with a fixed hood. The driver sits on a high outside seat at the rear


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They called a hansom, and she told the driver where to go.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Do you know, Alexander,"-- Mainhall looked with perplexity up into the top of the hansom and rubbed his pink cheek with his gloved finger,--"do you know, I sometimes think of taking to criticism seriously myself.
Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context
Carfry's--London's a desert at this season, and you've made yourself much too beautiful," Archer said to May, who sat at his side in the hansom so spotlessly splendid in her sky-blue cloak edged with swansdown that it seemed wicked to expose her to the London grime.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
 
 
 
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