Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A long and light vehicle furnished with transverse seats, and generally open at the sides or inclosed with curtains. Sometimes charabanc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.
Examples
“Pending the return of the motor-omnibuses, a service of _char-a-bancs_ has been started on the boulevards, which reminds Parisians of the days of the popular "Madeleine-Bastille" omnibus.”
“From its summit they could see toy villages and church, spires and motors and char-a-bancs running like alarmed insects along the white, winding lanes.”
“Ghibellines, though the two towns are at advertisemental war, the favourite pleasure drive of the char-a-bancs of Sandbourne is to”
“Shops were shut; special trains ran in to Grammoch-town; and the road from the little town was dazed with char-a-bancs, brakes, wagonettes, carriages, carts, foot-passengers, wending toward the Dalesman's Daughter.”
“It was past noon, and they were already returning, when they came on the char-a-bancs containing the head of the strike-breaking column.”
“And, as it happened, just then the stillness was sensibly broken up, and the magic of the night encroached upon by the passing of a couple of _char-a-bancs_ in the road below, loaded up with trippers faring homewards from a day's outing at Hampton Court.”
“And at last Sister Hyacinthe was able to install herself with Elise Rouquet and Sophie Couteau in a large _char-a-bancs_, in which Ferrand and”
“And at last Sister Hyacinthe was able to install herself with Elise Rouquet and Sophie Couteau in a large/char-a-bancs/, in which Ferrand and”
“The Queen, who was dressed simply, as usual, in a purple satin gown, a black mantilla trimmed with lace, and a straw bonnet with straw-coloured ribands and one ostrich feather, immediately entered the King's char-a-bancs, which had a canopy and curtains that were left open.”
“Guest withdrew his eyes and gazed at the other figures in the char-a-bancs without moving a muscle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘char-a-bancs’.
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Hyphen Nation
Terms with multiple hyphens, such as rent-a-crowd. Not intended to be a see-how-many-words-one-can-string-together-with-hyphens-used-adjectively sort of list.
much-talked-of, vis-à-vis, tête-à-tête, rope-a-dope, will-o'-the-wisp, dick-a-tuesday, will-in-the-wisp, jack-o'-lantern, jack-with-a-lantern, ear-to-ear, whack-a-mole, no-man's-land and 205 more...
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O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 226 more...
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Just Carriages
A list of types or styles of horse-drawn carriages. Other Wordniks have made similar and more complete lists. Good for them. I prefer my own list, where you will find numerous terms not listed else...
glass coach, bachelor brougham, gharry, shigram, park coach, park drag, pony park drag, Concord coach, dress landau, Hansom cab, Victoria, body break and 57 more...
Tweets
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found in Hugh Walpole's Portrait of a Man With Red Hair Oct 15, 2012