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Meanings of passing hansom in English

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Usage of passing hansom in English
1
Mr. Audley hailed a passing hansom, and drove back to his chambers.
Lady Audley's Secret
2
I queried, and a passing hansom swung in towards the curb.
The Gates of Chance
3
She signed to a passing hansom, and it drew up by the curb.
The Philanderers
4
He beckoned a passing hansom by a sort of expiring effort.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
5
Mr. Dacre half raised his stick to hail a passing hansom.
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
6
She followed him breathlessly, then paused and stopped a passing hansom.
The Governors
7
Julian hailed a passing hansom, and Lady Tamworth drove westwards to Berkeley Square.
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
8
She called a passing hansom, and gave Mrs. Van Sideren's address.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 2
9
And Rolfe, with an abrupt 'Goodnight,' beckoned to a passing hansom.
The Whirlpool
10
He summoned a passing hansom, and in a few moments was at his house.
Nonsense Novels
11
Walking leisurely to the Avenue, he hailed a passing hansom.
The Voice on the Wire
12
He whistled for a passing hansom, and it stopped at the edge of the street.
In Friendship's Guise
13
He hailed a passing hansom, and they drove straight to his rooms on the Embankment.
A Girl in Ten Thousand
14
He was rushing off to hail a passing hansom.
The Rose in the Ring
15
Hinton held up his hand to a passing hansom.
How It All Came Round
16
On the sidewalk he hailed a passing hansom.
The Cost
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