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omnibus

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omnibus: see bus bus [Lat. omnibus=for all], large public conveyance. A horse-drawn urban omnibus was introduced in Paris in 1662 by Blaise Pascal and his associates, but it remained in operation for only a few years. The omnibus reappeared c.
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The Lake Shore Railroad then ended at Ashtabula, in a bank of sand, and my elder brother and I walked up from the station, while the rest of the family, which pretty well filled the omnibus, rode.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
On a west-bound omnibus Claire Fenwick sat and raged silently in the June sunshine.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
Miss Twinkleton estimated the distance to the omnibus at five-and-twenty minutes' walk, when it was really five.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
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