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- noun Plural form of
charabanc .
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Examples
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Cars, vans, motorbikes, bicycles and three large charabancs, as well as those on foot, filed along the narrow winding road that was shaped by the river.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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As they walked through the serpentine streets of Montmartre, Louis mentally auditioned the women as nudes—maidens in two-wheeled charabancs, ladies in bonnets and cashmere shawls, wives and daughters displaying the subtle inflections of the body beneath calico and merino.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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As they walked through the serpentine streets of Montmartre, Louis mentally auditioned the women as nudes—maidens in two-wheeled charabancs, ladies in bonnets and cashmere shawls, wives and daughters displaying the subtle inflections of the body beneath calico and merino.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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His white teeth flashed as he called out and dodged several charabancs.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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As they walked through the serpentine streets of Montmartre, Louis mentally auditioned the women as nudes—maidens in two-wheeled charabancs, ladies in bonnets and cashmere shawls, wives and daughters displaying the subtle inflections of the body beneath calico and merino.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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His white teeth flashed as he called out and dodged several charabancs.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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His white teeth flashed as he called out and dodged several charabancs.
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006
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Dublin by means of petrolpropelled riverboats, plying in the fluvial fairway between Island bridge and Ringsend, charabancs, narrow gauge local railways, and pleasure steamers for coastwise navigation (10/— per person per day, guide (trilingual) included).
Ulysses 2003
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Special quick excursion trains and upholstered charabancs had been provided for the comfort of our country cousins of whom there were large contingents.
Ulysses 2003
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‘Now far off down the river I hear the chorus; the song of the boasting boys, who are coming back in large charabancs from a day’s outing on the decks of crowded steamers.
The Waves 2003
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