cheese bus
cheese bus noun: a bus that transports cheese from the factory to retailers.
Noun
cheese bus (plural cheese buses or cheese busses)
- A bus that transports cheese from the factory to retailers.
- Distribution and sales are maintained with the help of a "cheese bus", which covers eleven routes, each of which take two days.1955, Dairy Industries - Volume 20, page 231
- The driver of each cheese bus (which, when loaded, weighs 10,500 kg) is a really skilled truck driver who has received sales training. The bus visits the customers in accordance with a fixed programme and the buyers take the cheeses they require direct from the bus.1959, International Dairy Federation, XVth International Dairy Congress - Volume 4, page 2296
- A yellow school bus, especially the smaller kind that is used to transport students with special needs.
- He was singing what he had been humming earlier that morning, first quietly, then as loud as he could: If you ride on the short bus clap your hands If you ride on the cheese bus, clap your hands.2007, Jonathan Mooney, The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal, page 8
- Then the cheese buses pulled up and all the kids except us headed for the bus.2009, Simon Jean, Do Nice Guys Ever Finish, page 14
Forms of cheese bus
| plural | cheese buses |
|---|---|
| plural | cheese busses |
Origin of cheese bus
From cheese + bus.
Questions about cheese bus
- What does cheese bus mean?
- Cheese bus means a bus that transports cheese from the factory to retailers.
- What part of speech is cheese bus?
- Cheese bus is a noun.
- What is the plural of cheese bus?
- The plural of cheese bus is cheese buses.
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