Meaning of 'bus | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic spelling of bus; originally a clipping of omnibus.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“As the Londoner may have observed, a pair of horses only goes one journey, and as the omnibus generally does four journeys, each conveyance, with its rest horses, requires ten animals. The three-horse ’buses require thirteen each.”

“We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a ’bus better than anywhere else, and this vague apprehension is as much as the thoughtful or imaginative observer will ever arrive at in a lifetime.”

“There are some hansons, no ’busses.”

“One day I was riding on top of a ’bus in London with my friend Casey.”

“If you can’t afford cabs you should take the ’bus.”

“One misty day I was riding on top of a ’bus, and when the conductorette came to get my fare, she leaned over the seat in front of mine, and kissed the wounded soldier who was sitting there.”

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