hansom cab
hansom cab is the alternative letter-case form of Hansom cab.
Noun capitalized: Hansom cab
Hansom cab (plural Hansom cabs)
- A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, once used as a vehicle for hire.
- “There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- hansom
Synonyms of hansom cab
Forms of hansom cab
| plural | hansom cabs |
|---|---|
| plural | Hansom cabs |
| alternative form | hansom cab |
Origin of hansom cab
Named after British architect Joseph Hansom (1803–1882), its designer.
Questions about hansom cab
- What does hansom cab mean?
- Hansom cab means a two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, once used as a vehicle for hire.
- What is hansom cab the alternative letter-case form of?
- Hansom cab is the alternative letter-case form of Hansom cab.
- What part of speech is hansom cab?
- Hansom cab is a noun.
- What is the plural of hansom cab?
- The plural of hansom cab is hansom cabs.
Words near hansom cab in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hansom cab (page history and authors); Hansom cab (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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