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chicken bus

chicken bus noun: a bus in Central America.

chicken bus: a bus in Central America
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Noun

chicken bus (plural chicken buses)

  1. a bus in Central America

Forms of chicken bus

pluralchicken buses

Origin of chicken bus

The word chicken may refer to the fact that the buses are often crammed with passengers not unlike a truck load of chickens, or to the fact that Central Americans occasionally transport live animals on such buses.

Questions about chicken bus

What does chicken bus mean?
Chicken bus means a bus in Central America.
What part of speech is chicken bus?
Chicken bus is a noun.
What is the plural of chicken bus?
The plural of chicken bus is chicken buses.

Words near chicken bus in the dictionary

  1. chicken breasts
  2. chicken brick
  3. chicken bricks
  4. chicken burger
  5. chicken burgers
  6. chicken bus
  7. chicken buses
  8. chicken button
  9. chicken buttons
  10. chicken cannon
  11. chicken cannons

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