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bendy bus

bendy bus noun: an articulated bus.

bendy bus: an articulated bus
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Noun

bendy bus (plural bendy buses)

  1. (informal) An articulated bus.
    • Mr Johnson is proud that London will soon be free of these buses. Conservative Home, a website, quotes him as saying at a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference on Monday night, that: “The last breeding pair of bendy buses will be despatched this year to the happy hunting ground of some...2011 October 6, Boris Johnson, quotee, “Bus conduct”, in The Economist, →ISSN
    • At the same time, Johnson scrapped the so-called “bendy buses,” long, articulated buses that Johnson claimed were unsuitable for London roads and allowed people to avoid paying fares.[2022, Victoria R. Williams, London: Geography, History, and Culture, Bloomsbury, →ISBN

Forms of bendy bus

pluralbendy buses

Questions about bendy bus

What does bendy bus mean?
Bendy bus means an articulated bus.
What part of speech is bendy bus?
Bendy bus is a noun.
What is the plural of bendy bus?
The plural of bendy bus is bendy buses.

Words near bendy bus in the dictionary

  1. bends to someone's will
  2. bendsome
  3. bendways
  4. bendwise
  5. bendy
  6. bendy bus
  7. bendy buses
  8. bendy straw
  9. bendy straws
  10. bendy-boy
  11. bendy-boys

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