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Definition of Charabanc
1. Noun. A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport. "He always rode the bus to work"
Specialized synonyms: Minibus, School Bus, Trackless Trolley, Trolley Coach, Trolleybus
Generic synonyms: Public Transport
Terms within: Roof, Window
Group relationships: Fleet
Examples of category: Passenger, Rider
Derivative terms: Bus, Bus, Omnibus
Definition of Charabanc
1. Noun. A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Charabanc
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charabanc
Literary usage of Charabanc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"... in the long, rambling street, had apparently once been an assembly- room, if
one might trust the glimpses caught, from the top of one's charabanc, ..."
2. Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between by William Dean Howells (1906)
"... in the long, rambling street, had apparently once been an assembly- room, if
one might trust the glimpses caught, from the top of one's charabanc, ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"Thirty-eight illustrations and drawings, including a folding plan for a charabanc
designed to carry 30 persons. Tilden, Sir William A. Famous chemists. ..."
4. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1900)
"In particular a Hamburg charabanc, containing the lower staff, offered such a
spectacle that I never failed to be present at its loading and unloading. ..."
5. The European Journals of William Maclure by John S. Doskey, William Maclure (1988)
"In a short time you may go all the way to Chamonix in a charabanc [Fr., char-
a-banc: cart with benches] without being dismounted. We found that the Glacier ..."
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