hansom

variants or hansom cab

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Recent Examples of hansom In Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage — and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance. New York Times, 17 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hansom
Noun
  • Danza portrayed Tony Banta, an Italian-American who worked as a cab driver and boxer.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • DeVito’s character was Louie De Palma, the dispatcher and supervisor of the cab drivers.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • Instead, the bare-bones Lancia, with its buckboard-short 85.8-inch wheelbase, iffy fiberglass bodywork and minimalist cockpit, was aimed squarely at rally competition.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The suspension mods make the Dinan drive hard and thrashy, stiff as a Bavarian buckboard.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
Noun
  • Konark Sun Temple, Puri One of the 24 chariot wheels of the rock cut Konark Sun Temple.
    Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Going to celebrate the Passover, Jesus chose to enter the city on the back of a colt, in stark contrast to the warhorses and chariots of Roman armies.
    Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Red Barrel Studio Meridian Outdoor Chaise Lounge Chair Cushion This sleek and modern outdoor chaise cushion features a durable and mildew-resistant fabric, and it’s stuffed with a 100 percent polyester fiberfill that is plush, comfortable, and holds its shape.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The chaise is by Cristina Celestino for Moooi, and the headboard is custom-designed by Revamp.
    Tori Sikkema, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Margaret’s son David Armstrong-Jones, the Earl of Snowdown, joined Charles and Camilla in their landau, while her daughter Lady Sarah Chatto traveled in the third carriage with her husband, Daniel.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
Noun
  • The resident of Winslow, Arkansas, population 365 and a former stagecoach stop in years gone by, worked as a tree cutter prior to his arrest and enjoyed working with plants, according to court filings.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
  • While out walking or working on irrigation, the ranch owners have found remnants from the Gold Rush when the property was part of the old stagecoach route.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.
    Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018

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“Hansom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hansom. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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