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horse bus

horse bus noun: a horse-drawn omnibus.

Noun

horse bus (plural horse buses)

  1. (historical) A horse-drawn omnibus.
    • Southwold was served by horse bus from Darsham until the well-known Ipswich firm of Ransomes & Rapier interested itself in the project for a railway.1939 July, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Southwold Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56

Forms of horse bus

pluralhorse buses

Questions about horse bus

What does horse bus mean?
Horse bus means a horse-drawn omnibus.
What part of speech is horse bus?
Horse bus is a noun.
What is the plural of horse bus?
The plural of horse bus is horse buses.

Words near horse bus in the dictionary

  1. horse boy
  2. horse boys
  3. horse brass
  4. horse brasses
  5. horse bun
  6. horse bus
  7. horse buses
  8. horse butcher
  9. horse butchers
  10. horse car
  11. horse cars

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