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charabanc
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
British for "sightseeing bus," 1811, originally in a Continental context (especially Swiss), from French char-à-bancs , literally "benched carriage," from char "wagon," from Latin carrus (see car ) + à "to" (see ad- ) + banc "bench" (see bench (n.)).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus , autobus , coach , double-decker , jitney , motorbus , motorcoach , omnibus ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In the early days the novelty must have outweighed the discomfort, or no one would have travelled in the first charabancs. ▪ Most of the fathers chickened out, piling into the charabanc which held adults and adolescents. ▪ The ...
Usage examples of charabanc.
On such nights, the dingy dwellings of Spittalfields and Whitechapel still seem to belong to the Huguenot silk-weavers, the prim backstreets of Kensington appear eternally Edwardian, and the houses of the Chelsea embankment, primped with gothic trimmings and standing in Sunday finery like a charabanc of ruddy-faced matrons, remain the province of the Pre-Raphaelites.
Special quick excursion trains and upholstered charabancs had been provided for the comfort of our country cousins of whom there were large contingents.