omnibusn.adj.
/ˈɒmnᵻbəs/, /ˈɒmnᵻbʌs/, U.S. /ˈɑmnəˌbəs/ A. n.† 4. = omnibus box n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete.† 5. Glass-making. A cover which protects articles placed in an annealing oven from draughts of air. Obsolete. rare.
1. A large public vehicle carrying passengers by road, running on a fixed route and typically requiring the payment of a fare; a bus (bus n.1 1). Now chiefly historical (esp. with reference to a horse-drawn vehicle of this kind) or formal.jitney, motor, steam-omnibus, etc.: see the first element. Cf. also shillibeer n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus
omnibus1829
bus1832
shillibeerc1835
stage1853
tub1929
1828 London Lit. Gaz. 11 Oct. 654/1 Another new enterprise in the way of the Omnibus and the Dame Blanche is announced in Paris. These new coaches are to be called Citadines.]
1829 Brit. Traveller 4 July 1/4 (advt.) Omnibus. G. Shillibeer..has commenced running one upon the Parisian mode.
1840 W. Howitt Visits to Remarkable Places 1st Ser. 200 Trains of omnibuses, or omnibi, are flying down to the Broomielaw every hour.
a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xxii. 110 After the people came the vehicles, the queerest assortment of strangely shaped post waggons not unlike our omnibus's with open sides.
1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within iv. 79 The London omnibus, or 'bus as it is universally called..is in form a mere ugly square box on wheels.
1902 St. James's Gaz. 26 June 7/1 Even to-day a certain number of the omnibi, as a member of the House of Commons once said, are still demanding extra fares.
1955 Times 14 May 12/7 Twenty new double-deck and eight single-deck omnibuses will be brought into the fleet this year.
1987 Carriage Driving Spring 16/3 He had considerable experience with many types of driving vehicles from singles to a 26 seater omnibus.
2. Anything which contains, covers, or includes a large number of (usually miscellaneous or diverse) items or elements.
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1831 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 455 The great reform omnibus [sc. the Reform Bill] moves but slowly.
1894 J. H. Overton Eng. Church 19th Cent. 121 His [sc. Arnold's] scheme of making the Church a sort of theological omnibus never took any definite shape.
1932 B. Segale At End of Sante Fe Trail ii. xv. 175 Somehow or other our hospital became a regular omnibus.
1996 A. R. Ammons Brink Road 219 Your poetical omnibus of cozy statements and friendly feelings.
3. † a. Used in the title of a newspaper or journal containing a variety of items. Obsolete.
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1831 (title of newspaper) The national omnibus; and entertaining advertiser.
1832 (title of newspaper) The Lancashire omnibus, a journal of literature and amusement.
1844 in J. H. Ingraham Steel Belt (end matter) (advt.) The Omnibus is the title of a New Weekly Paper, just issued in the city of New York. It will contain a large reading matter of the most choise [sic] description, originai [sic] and selected.
b. A book consisting of several reprinted works by a single author, or various items of a similar genre, usually published as a single volume. Frequently in titles.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > omnibus book
omnibus1839
society > communication > book > kind of book > [noun] > omnibus book > of same author or same kind of work
omnibus1839
1839 C. F. Briggs Adventures Harry Franco I. 246 It was not my intention when I commenced writing my adventures, to make an omnibus of them.
1853 W. S. Kenny (title) The grammatical omnibus; or a methodical arrangement of the improprietries frequent in writing and conversation.
1930 Writer Jan. 74/2 One of the recent omnibuses contained selected short stories.
1937 ‘A. Armstrong’ (title) The laughter omnibus.
1969 Times 18 Jan. 20/3 The portmanteau term ‘reprint’ evades definition. It covers series, ‘evergreens’, omnibi, disinterments, defrostings, definitive editions, [etc.].
1994 Bk. & Mag. Collector June 5/2 (caption) The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus..contains all five novels plus short stories, and makes an excellent alternative to the very expensive firsts.
c. Broadcasting. Two or more consecutive programmes or episodes, esp. of a soap opera, broadcast as a single programme, usually after being broadcast separately during the previous week.
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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of
news bulletin1857
news summary1875
police message1886
newsflash1904
headline1908
play-by-play1909
feature1913
spot ad1916
magazine1921
news1923
time signal1923
outside broadcast1924
radiocast1924
amateur hour1925
bulletin1925
serial1926
commentary1927
rebroadcast1927
school broadcast1927
feature programme1928
trailer1928
hour1930
schools broadcast1930
show1930
spot advertisement1930
spot announcement1930
sustaining1931
flash1934
newscast1934
commercial1935
clambake1937
remote1937
repeat1937
snap1937
soap opera1939
sportcast1939
spot commercial1939
daytimer1940
magazine programme1941
season1942
soap1943
soaper1946
parade1947
public service announcement1948
simulcasting1949
breakfast-time television1952
call-in1952
talkathon1952
game show1953
kidvid1955
roundup1958
telenovela1961
opt-out1962
miniseries1963
simulcast1964
soapie1964
party political1966
novela1968
phone-in1968
sudser1968
schools programme1971
talk-in1971
God slot1972
roadshow1973
trail1973
drama-doc1977
informercial1980
infotainment1980
infomercial1981
kideo1983
talk-back1984
indie1988
omnibus1988
teleserye2000
kidult-
1988 D. Lodge Nice Work ii. 120 Sandra and Gary squabbled over the TV, Sandra wanting to watch the Eastenders omnibus and Gary wanting to play a computer game.
1990 TV Times 14 Oct. 41/5 This regular weekly omnibus gives you a chance to catch up with the early morning Streetwise programmes from last week's editions of The Channel Four Daily.
2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 9 June A well-earned lazy day, while I read the papers and listen to The Archers Omnibus.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > box or compartment
pew1558
lord's room1592
box1609
private boxa1640
side-box1676
balcony1718
lodge1730
green box1732
stage box1740
loge1768
opera box1789
dress box1795
property box1809
omnibus1840
omnibus box1842
baignoire1873
1840 R. H. Barham in Bentley's Misc. June 649 The gentlefolks..jump'd from the Omnibus on to the Stage.
1844 C. G. F. Gore Quid pro Quo (ed. 3) 81 What if I..swell the ‘Bravos’ of the Omnibus?
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 45 Having just arrived from the omnibus at the opera.
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1854 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts II. 769/1 [Glass in a leer] may be protected from the draught by iron covers called omnibuses.
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1561/1 Omnibus (Glass-making), a sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing-arch, in order to protect them from drafts of air.
6. slang (chiefly U.S.). A waiter's assistant. Cf. busboy n. 2. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > in inn or restaurant > waiter's assistant
omnibus1888
bus1902
busboy1904
piccolo1904
commis1930
1888 Star 11 Aug. 4/5 To pay to what is known in a restaurant as an ‘omnibus’, i.e. a lad that clears the tables.
1897 Daily News 19 June 2/6 Omnibuses..apprentices—who wait on the waiters.
1912 Collier's 1 June 27/1 A waiter is paid $25 a month. He must pay his omnibus himself. The hotel does not pay omnibuses.
a1930 H. S. Harrison in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) (at cited word) Little omnibuses in white suits moved about gathering up papers or napkins dropped by careless diners.
B. adj. (attributive).
1. Relating to, covering, or comprising several disparate or unrelated items. Frequently (esp. North American) designating legislative documents, as omnibus bill, etc.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > inclusive or comprehensive > including a large number of things
omnibus1842
1842 Congress. Globe 27th Congress 2 Sess. App. 661/1 These two articles..were caught in the omnibus, or dragnet section, which is placed in the rear of the bill.
1850 Congress. Globe 31st Congress 1 Sess. App. 524/1 I am opposed to all omnibus bills, and all amalgamation projects.
1889 Echo 16 Nov. 2/3 Each man pays an ‘omnibus’ contribution of a shilling a week for benefits.
1928 Daily Express 7 Aug. 7/3 An ‘omnibus film’ is one of which the title is capable of expressing a group of ideas, while being an idea in itself. ‘Mayfair’ and ‘Bow Bells’..are obviously good omnibus titles.
1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 10 Oct. 18/9 Defendant's omnibus motion is disposed of as hereinafter indicated.
1984 Spectator 13 Jan. 43 The big omnibus shows, of the kind that have Vic Oliver do everything except juggle.
2001 Independent 21 Mar. (Business Review section) 1/4 They are all after the holy grail of an integrated ‘omnibus’ account for cash management and stocks and shares.
2. Of a film: (originally) featuring excerpts of various other films, typically linked by a common theme or used to showcase the work of a particular studio or performer; (in later use) featuring several individual stories, typically linked by a common theme or incident, and often told within a story which serves as a framing device. Also: designating such works as a genre.Cf. portmanteau n. Compounds 2d, anthology n. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [adjective] > other types
costumed1851
foreign language1904
first run1910
Keystone1912
photodramatic1914
serial1915
coming of age1919
edge-of-your-seat1922
psychodramatic1927
omnibus1928
straight1936
low-budget1937
no-budget1937
screwball1937
Ealing1939
blockbusting1943
private eye1946
film noir1952
white telephone1952
portmanteau1953
uncut1953
anthology1955
three-D1955
Hammer1958
noir1958
co-production1959
kitchen sink1959
kidult1960
docudrama1961
cinéma vérité1963
maudit1963
filmi1965
indie1968
triple-X1969
XXX1969
drama-documentary1970
cheapie1973
gross-out1973
high concept1973
chopsocky1974
hard R1974
buddy movie1975
sci-fi1977
mondo1979
hack-and-slash1981
microbudget1981
hack-and-slay1982
slice-and-dice1982
fly on the wall1983
psychotronic1983
noirish1985
Mad Max1986
stoner1987
bonkbusting1993
straight to DVD1997
1928 Amateur Movie Makers May 307/1 A unified idea proved commercially profitable, and we were not asked to approve an omnibus film in which all of the safe and sure appeals were gathered together.
1933 Scotsman 7 Feb. 11/3 ‘If I Had a Million’..is an omnibus film in whose production seven directors, eighteen authors, and fifteen stars have co-operated.
1946 News (Adelaide) 7 June (Final Extra ed.) 5/1 The feature is the omnibus British movie based on five eerie short stories, and made by four directors.
1952 Film Bull. 14 July 12/1 (header) ‘We're Not Married’ omnibus comedy loaded with laughs.
1974 Times 22 Feb. 9/7 From Beyond the Grave is an omnibus horror film, its stories linked by an over-elaborated notion of Peter Cushing as a Fate figure.
2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 15 Apr. (Late Final ed.) c8 The assumption behind omnibus movies..is that the contributions will, on balance, add up to a satisfying experience.
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a. Of a book, volume, edition, etc.: that is an omnibus (sense A. 3b).
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1928 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 514/4 The ‘omnibus’ volume of ‘Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror’,..runs to some 1,250 pages.
1929 Daily Tel. 1 Jan. 6/2 It is a day of what the publishers call ‘omnibus books’, meaning works which carry many and varied passengers.
1949 Economica 16 183 It was appropriate that some previously published work should appear again in an omnibus volume.
1983 Notes & Queries Dec. 557/1 The two-volume ‘omnibus’ edition published by Duckworth in 1949–50 sold 20,000 copies in two years.
2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 26 Aug. As this omnibus edition of the first three volumes of his autobiography makes clear, mountaineering seems to be his alpha and omega.
b. Broadcasting. Of a programme, edition, etc.: that is an omnibus (sense A. 3c).
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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [adjective] > types of programme or item
play-by-play1908
re-run1909
ball-by-ball1914
simultaneous1923
scriptless1930
scripted1941
soap opera1942
write-in1953
soap-operatic1963
open line1966
chat show1969
talk-back1972
made-for-TV1973
soap-operatical1975
drama-doc1977
omnibus1987
1987 Sun 21 Feb. 15/2 Omnibus edition of the week's episodes in which tempers flared at the Queen Vic.
1994 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 25 Feb. As a listener to the Sunday omnibus broadcast of The Archers, I was upset by your report of 19 February, giving details of events in Ambridge before the Sunday programme went on air.
2002 Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 27 Dec. EastEnders..was watched by 30.15 million people in 1986—although this includes the omnibus showing.
Phrases
the man on the Clapham omnibus: see Clapham n.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (in sense A. 1).
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omnibus driver n.
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1837 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches (1838) 106 Shouted an omnibus driver,..Don't stand all day a blockin' up the gangway.
1870 ‘F. Fern’ Ginger-snaps 304 This honored name, shouted from lungs that would not have disgraced an omnibus-driver.
1992 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 July 34/2 I began the novel, it gained momentum, and an eclectic assortment of characters jumped on..including..the poets Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, the omnibus driver Peter Doyle [etc.].
omnibus-driving n.
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1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 156 The present rate and manner of omnibus-driving having (we presume) nearly doubled the cost of life-insurance to those who live in the upper part of the city.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvi. 295 Omnibus-driving expressions.
omnibus office n.
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1854 M. Cummins Lamplighter xviii. 112 You know the way from the omnibus-office.
1938 J. C. Powys Enjoyment of Lit. xx. 500 Plunging into the town from the station, [he] is horrified to find its precious church..situated close to an..omnibus-office, tramway, and a bank.
omnibus riding n.
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1844 Knickerbocker 24 91 His opinions against the omnibus-riding of so many of our idle citizens.
1880 Littell's Living Age 13 Nov. 442/1 Besides walking, he was at one time fond of omnibus riding.
1972 G. E. Holt in K. T. Jackson & S. T. Schultz Changing Perceptions Urban Pathol. xviii. 325 In the first decades of its use, several writers expressed the belief that omnibus riding might rub away class differences and breed ‘levelism’ among urban citizens.
omnibus sleigh n.
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1839 Spirit of Times 28 Dec. 505/3 An open omnibus-sleigh in Broadway is by no means..delectable.
1899 New Eng. Mag. Jan. 529/1 In winter the cradle holes caused the omnibus sleighs to plunge down and bump and rear.
1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Jan. c14/1 A miniature of the omnibus sleigh that was used in New York after the Civil War.
omnibus trade n.
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1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 41/1 The omnibus trade became too flourishing to be limited to what are called the ‘metropolis roads’.
1890 A. Marshall Princ. Econ. (1961) v. xii. 528 The omnibus trade conforms..to the law of constant return.
1997 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1996 7/2 At the bottom end of the omnibus trade was the man with one vehicle, the so-called ‘pirate’ or ‘flat catcher’.
omnibus traffic n.
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1845 Littell's Living Age 15 Nov. 340/1 It [sc. the railway] will perform all the offices of the omnibus traffic.
1892 Econ. Jrnl. 2 396 Might it not be an economically sound policy to remit the £80,000 of taxation, if thereby the streets could be relieved of a considerable portion of the omnibus traffic?
1976 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 15 107 There were powerful reasons for pessimism—increased omnibus traffic and extension of the underground railway.
omnibus wheel n.
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1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 286/1 There is an entire lull of the rumble of dray, hack and omnibus wheels.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. xiii. 240 Those omnibus-wheels are the miserable music of this London of ours.
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omnibus fashion adv.
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1902 M. W. Gibbs Shadow & Light xx. 224 The cars either for comfort or retirement in no way equal ours, eight in a compartment, sitting omnibus fashion, face to face.
C2. † omnibus cad n. [ < omnibus n. + cad n.4 (compare sense 3 s.v.)] Obsolete an omnibus conductor.
omnibus bar n. now rare = busbar n. at bus n.1 Compounds 2.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > system of conductors
bus1887
busbar1888
bus rod1889
omnibus bar1893
1893 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 May 622/2 A pair of omnibus bars..from which all the feeder mains run off to the various circuits of the distribution.
1941 S. R. Roget Dict. Electr. Terms (ed. 4) 252/2 Omnibus bars, main conductors on a switch-board forming common terminals to which a number of generators or feeders are connected; commonly called bus-bars.
omnibus box n. now historical a large box in a theatre or opera house shared by several subscribers.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > box or compartment
pew1558
lord's room1592
box1609
private boxa1640
side-box1676
balcony1718
lodge1730
green box1732
stage box1740
loge1768
opera box1789
dress box1795
property box1809
omnibus1840
omnibus box1842
baignoire1873
1842 R. H. Barham Bow in Omnibus in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 211 (title) A row in an omnibus (box). A legend of the Haymarket.
1853 H. D. Wolff Pictures Spanish Life 50 Some..are hired for the season by families, while others are omnibus boxes, or let off in ephemeral places.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 823/2 On this level, where it touched the stage, we had an ‘omnibus box’, exactly after the pattern of the proverbial one at Her Majesty's.
1974 I. Guest Fanny Cerrito v. 45 One ardent youth..flung, from a box immediately over the omnibus box, an enormous bundle of flowers, which fortunately missed Cerrito's head.
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1830 Times 31 Mar. 6/4 The repeated quarrels for pasengers amongst the omnibus cads and touters.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xlii. 165 A sceptical audience of omnibus-cads and nurse-maids.
1888 Scribner's Mag. June 767/1 Wrayburn combines the wit of the omnibus-cad with the good feeling of the Andaman Islander.
omnibus letter n. a letter intended for more than one recipient.
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society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letter intended for many recipients
fire briefa1643
circular letter1659
circulatory letter1668
circular1818
omnibus letter1861
round robin1871
chain letter1906
form letter1909
1861 in Amer. Hist. Rev. 31 (1925) 95 I think you may call this an ‘omnibus’ letter too. But when I get writing on the exciting topics of the day, I don't know when or where to stop.
1933 Mind 42 525 Hume's omnibus letter addressed to Dr. Hugh Blair, and through Blair to Dr. Jardine.
1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) xxxiii. 265 I have taken it upon my shoulders, the shoulders of a lock-forward, to begin the gang's omnibus letter to its darling leader.
omnibus man n. the driver or conductor of an omnibus.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > driver or conductor
omnibus man1850
1850 C. M. Kirkland Fountain & Bottle 413 ‘Why, doctor, you're out of breath,’ exclaimed Goblet. ‘Most dead. The omnibus man wouldn't stop.’
1923 Daily Mail 2 May 9 We saw builders and omnibusmen hard at work.
1972 G. E. Holt in K. T. Jackson & S. K. Schultz Cities in Amer. Hist. xviii. 325 The omnibus men..ran the first routes on those streets with the heaviest actual traffic and the most potential rides.
omnibus-sized adj. rare of the size of an omnibus volume.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adjective] > large
of the largest volume1538
large paper1714
omnibus-sized1931
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Nov. 918/1 This second instalment of his short stories, an almost omnibus-sized book.
omnibus ticket n. (a) a bus ticket; (b) a ticket admitting several people.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > other forms of ticket
bone1788
class ticket1822
omnibus ticket1839
punch ticket1870
e-ticket1995
1839 G. P. Morris Little Frenchman & his Water Lots 137 These circulated as freely among the community as omnibus tickets or bank notes, and possessed really about as much intrinsic value.
1841 Spirit of Times 16 Oct. 385/3 Mr. Catherwood, in emptying the capacious pockets of a shooting jacket, handed me a Broadway omnibus ticket.
1852 E. E. Hale If, Yes & Perhaps (1868) 3 One hundred dollars..would pay, in cash, the butcher..and the baker,..and would buy the omnibus tickets.
1868 14th Ann. Rep. Iowa State Agric. Soc. 1867 408 Some..tender hearted friends would take in their settlement [sc. family] and then proceed to some hole..in the fence and hand his ‘omnibus ticket’ to some other parent.
1992 ‘J. Gash’ Lies of Fair Ladies xi. 73 You've got to be able to prove that doodle of crochets [sic] on an old omnibus ticket really was done by Delius.
omnibus train n. [ < omnibus n. + train n.2, after French train omnibus (1838); compare Italian treno omnibus (1875)] an urban or regional train used for short journeys, typically stopping at all the stations on its route.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > stopping at some or all stations
slow train1838
omnibus train1846
way train1846
stopping train1854
stopper1969
1846 Sci. Amer. 28 Nov. 77/2 It is also proposed to establish railway omnibus trains in those thoroughfare streets where the telegraphic wires are arranged.
1893 M. Symonds Doge's Farm 164 We..were advised..to travel to Padua by the ordinary omnibus train, and let the specials go by.
1946 G. Millar Horned Pigeon xvi. 235 The ‘omnibus’ trains..dithered along, stopping at every small station.
1974 M. P. Strohl Europe's High Speed Trains i. 6 One must often change from a regional omnibus train to the TGV in order to connect with Paris.
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omnibusv.
/ˈɒmnᵻbəs/, /ˈɒmnᵻbʌs/, U.S. /ˈɑmnəˌbəs/ a. intransitive. To travel by omnibus. Also transitive with it. Obsolete.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (intransitive)] > travel by omnibus
omnibus1833
bus1838
1833 W. C. Macready Diary 7 Nov. (1912) I. 76 I omnibused down to Drury Lane.
1836 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 111 I was obliged to cab it, omnibus it, and run it the whole morning.
b. transitive. To convey by omnibus; to place in an omnibus. Obsolete.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (transitive)] > convey by omnibus or motor bus
omnibus1863
bus1945
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (transitive)] > convey by omnibus or motor bus > place in an omnibus
omnibus1863
1863 ‘G. Hamilton’ Gala-days 121 We were quickly omnibused to the relics of Donegana.
1885 E. R. B. Lytton Glenaveril I. i. 84 Bag and baggage, off again you go, Omnibussed darkly thro' the sleeping town.
1886 Tinsley's Mag. Sept. 227 The other day I was omnibused with a bore.
2. transitive. To publish in an omnibus edition. rare.
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society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] > publish in paperback or omnibus edition
omnibus1933
paperback1960
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 Jan. 1/2 For the author the possibility of becoming popular enough in his lifetime to be omnibused or to omnibus himself with profit may be looked on as a new prize in the race for fame.
1992 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 21 June 45 Two best-selling books, here omnibussed into one.
Derivatives
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1844 N. P. Willis in New Mirror 15 June 175/2 Who..would not prefer to take a ferry-boat..from the foot of Maiden Lane round the Battery to Chelsea... Who would not prefer this to omnibussing.
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