Hansom vs Hackney - What's the difference?
hansom | hackney |
(historical) A Hansom cab; a carriage
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, chapter=6/4 A London borough where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
A town in this borough.
One of several breeds of compact English horses.
(in compounds) (A means of transportation that is) available for public hire.
As nouns the difference between hansom and hackney
is that hansom is a Hansom cab; a carriage while hackney is an ordinary horse.As proper nouns the difference between hansom and hackney
is that hansom is {{surname|patronymic|from=given names} while Hackney is a London borough where once upon a time many horses were pastured.As an adjective hackney is
offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.As a verb hackney is
to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.hansom
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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.}}