"horse bus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horse buses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} horse bus (plural horse buses)
  1. (transport, historical) A horse-drawn omnibus. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Transport
    Sense id: en-horse_bus-en-noun-tJKWitIR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: transport

Inflected forms

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          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939 July, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Southwold Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 56:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A horse-drawn omnibus."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "horse-drawn"
        ],
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          "omnibus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transport, historical) A horse-drawn omnibus."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "horse bus"
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