Hansom vs Beautiful - What's the difference?
hansom | beautiful |
(historical) A Hansom cab; a carriage
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* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
, title=Death Walks in Eastrepps
, chapter=6/4 Attractive and possessing charm.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Well executed.
(as a pro-sentence ) How beautiful that is!
(as a pro-sentence; ironic ) How unfortunate that is!
As a noun hansom
is (historical) a hansom cab; a carriage.As an adjective beautiful is
attractive and possessing charm.hansom
English
Noun
(wikipedia) (en noun)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom . […]”}}
citation, passage=The ghost of Selby stirred in him. His thoughts slipped back to the day when he had stolen from his well-appointed office to a waiting hansom'—there had still been a good many ' hansoms in those days—and driven quickly to the docks.}}
beautiful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
- (referring to an athlete catching a ball)