charabanc
noun/ˈʃærəbæŋ/
/ˈʃærəbæŋ/
(British English, old-fashioned)- an early type of bus, used in the past especially for pleasure tripsWord Originearly 19th cent.: from French char-à-bancs ‘carriage with benches’ (the original horse-drawn charabancs having rows of bench seats).
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