Hansom

I called a Hansom cab, and reached Euston Square depot just in time for the train.

Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy Oliver Optic 1859

The policeman hailed a "Hansom," sprang into it, and directed the driver to keep the first cab in sight and follow it to its destination.

The Lost Lady of Lone Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

Far down, a fussy English steamer came puffing and popping into the deep blue bay, and the 'Hansom's' cabs went tearing down to the landing place; and round me sat a crowd of grave brown men chanting 'Allah il Allah' to the most monotonous but musical air, and with the most perfect voices.

Letters from the Cape Lucie Duff Gordon 1845

It's a wonder, really, that New York's championship teams don't hold their victory parades with Hansom cabs.

It's Still a 20th Century Sports Town Mike Sielski 2011

He's tied a Hansom cab to his belt and run honeymooners around Central Park.

Ryan Still Brings the Heat Jason Gay 2010

Like many an Australian crime story from Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Cab on, D*E*D Dead! is set in part in Melbourne's suburb of St. Kilda, which must be one of the world's great crime-fiction neighborhoods.

Archive 2010-03-01 Peter Rozovsky 2010

Hansom cabs traveling to and from the Central Park area on 9th and 10th Avenue interfere with emergency vehicles going to and from Roosevelt Hospital - and the many vehicles going to the Lincoln Tunnel or the West Side Highway.

Reedu Taha: NYC Carriage Horse Rescued from Slaughter 2010

Hansom cabs traveling to and from the Central Park area on 9th and 10th Avenue interfere with emergency vehicles going to and from Roosevelt Hospital - and the many vehicles going to the Lincoln Tunnel or the West Side Highway.

Reedu Taha: NYC Carriage Horse Rescued from Slaughter 2010

When Rebecca Solomon died on November 20, 1886 — after being knocked down by a Hansom cab on Euston Road — she was living alone.

Rebecca Solomon. 2009

Hansom and outspoken, Meitamei ran for Parliament in 2007 on the NDB-Kenya ticket, only to be defeated by the wily and long-serving Maasai octogenarian, William ole Ntimama.

Matthew Bergman: A Thousand Shillings 2009