Hansom is a horse drawn cab.
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Normally, in a Hansom cab, it was a horse drawn carriage.
An autocab is a motor vehicle operating as a cab, rather than a horse-drawn cab offering the same service.
The correct spelling of the adjective is "handsome."(The horse-drawn cab is a hansom.)
They mean the same A handsome cab was horse drawn. A taxi could have been water transportation.
The horse cab was called a growler which rattled around in edwardian times..
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growler was used in Edwardian times
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In the olden times, a cab was commonly referred to as a "hack" or "hackney carriage." These horse-drawn vehicles were used for hire, allowing passengers to travel within cities. The term "hackney" originates from the French word "hacquenée," which means a horse used for riding or driving. Over time, the term evolved, leading to the modern use of "taxi" or "cab."
Hansom = two-wheeled cab which seats two people and is drawn by one horse