Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bus typically used for sightseeing, originally open and pulled by horses.
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- noun A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized
omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You've no doubt guessed the festive twist already; yes, instead of trundling around sunny southern Europe, the titular charabanc will slowly wend its way to Lapland, culminating in a meeting with "the real Father Christmas".
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From a charabanc hung red, green and white flags at every window.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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They were going to Clacton in what he called a “charabanc.”
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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Once again he saw himself, as if in a nightmare, watching impotently as the bizarre charabanc of facts and conjecture hurtled on its predestined course.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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I never thought that anything could make Alma or the Kabul retreat seem like a charabanc picnic, but that day did, and I was through it, dawn to dusk, as no other man was.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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My mother was once in a charabanc that went under a railway bridge in Bedfordshire and then slowly tipped over and deposited them all into a ditch.
Chez Moi Peter Ashley 2008
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Paying for a charabanc for a trip to London for a Rowen led protest.
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Who needs to worry about defectors when you have someone inside the Government, shoving a brick on the accellerator and pointing the party charabanc at a wall...
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To hear some of my friends in politics and political journalism talk, you would think that democracy is a kind of jolly charabanc on to which all reasonable citizens have clambered, even if we may argue about the route.
Archive 2004-06-06 Laban 2004
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On cold, wet, ragged mornings they were all like that in my first year I'd board this ice-box of a charabanc and be greeted, without fail, with the same transmission comprising of music videos for 'Black Hole Sun' by Soundgarden and 'Out Of Tears' by The Rolling Stones.
Archive 2005-11-01 Alistair Myles 2005
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