| 单词 | patent safety cab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPatent Safety Cab Patent Safety Cab n. now historical the original name for the hansom cab (hansom cab n.), which was fitted with a device to prevent overturning should the cab tilt from side to side. Cf. safety cab n. at safety n. Compounds 3.Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803–82) registered the Patent Safety Cab in 1834. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage > specific types of hackney carriage noddy?1764 hack1769 Patent Safety1835 Patent Safety Cab1836 hansom cab1847 cab car1853 shoful1853 growler1865 midge1865 1836 Bristol Mercury 3 Dec. 1/4 The young man very wisely proceeded on his journey in one of the new Patent Safety cabs. 1882 Builder 8 July 44/1 The ‘Patent Safety Cab’. 1946 E. Radford Unusual Words 102 It is true that Hansom patented the cab in 1834, but he did not invent it. It was invented by Edward Bird... The cab was first known as ‘Bird's Patent Safety Cab’. 2003 W. T. Lhamon Jump Jim Crow 242 Respectables all keep a gig, But all the vulgar shabs, Drives about the Lunnun streets, In patent safety cabs. < as lemmas |
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