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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cab n.
 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. “A cab came clattering up.”
 Note: ☞ A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front.
 Hansom cab. See Hansom.
 2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Han·som n., Han·som cab.  A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
    He hailed a cruising hansom . . . =\“ 'Tis the gondola of London,” said Lothair.\=   --Beaconsfield.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hansom cab
      n : a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's
          seat above and behind the passengers [syn: hansom]