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A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.

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  1. A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top.
  2. n. a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers
  3. 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. HAN'T; HAIN'T Han't. A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't.