"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 Topics: transport

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for horse bus meaning in English (1.1kB)

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