OMNIBUS
(a passenger-carrying vehicle, originally an enclosed horse-drawn one)
NOUNS
► ‘ALFPENNY BUMPER a halfpenny omnibus fare → L19 sl.
► CHARIOT an omnibus → c1850 sl.
► HACK an omnibus or taxicab → 1938 Amer. dial.
► RACK an omnibus → L19 US sl.
► OMLIGUS an omnibus → 1877 Eng. dial.
► UMLIBUSH an omnibus → 1873 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CAD an omnibus conductor → 1833 obs.
► CADCATCHER an omnibus conductor → 1955 (Bk.)
► GUARD a conductor on an omnibus → 1920s busmen’s sl.
► PEACH an omnibus spy → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► PIPER a detective or spy, esp, a person employed to spy on the conductor of an omnibus → 1850 sl.
VERBS
► DEBUSS to get out of an omnibus → Amer. World War I sl.
► EMBUSS to get in an omnibus → Amer. World War I sl.
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