omnibusn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɒmnᵻbəs/,

/ˈɒmnᵻbʌs/, U.S.

/ˈɑmnəˌbəs/

Inflections: Plural omnibuses, omnibi, (rare) omnibusses, omnibus's.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French omnibus.

Etymology: < French omnibus (apparently 1825: see note below; 1835 in voiture omnibus ; 1867 in sense ‘supplementary waiter with no fixed duties’ (compare sense A. 6)) < classical Latin omnibus ‘for all’, dative plural of omnis all (see omni- comb. form).According to Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. Omnis, the earliest use in French was in 1825, reportedly to denote vehicles run by a M. Baudry for the purpose of transporting passengers between Nantes and a nearby bathing place. The idea for the name is said further to have come from a tradesman with the surname Omnès who had the legend Omnès omnibus written on the nameplate of his firm; as applied to the vehicle, the name was probably intended partly in order to make a distinction with the earlier carosses (first suggested by Pascal, and found from the late 17th cent.) which were more exclusive. In form omnibi (in e.g. quots. 1840 at sense A. 1, 1902 at sense A. 1, and quot. 1969 at sense A. 3b) representing an assumed or (humorously) confected ‘plural’ of classical Latin omnibus, after Latin plurals in -i. Compare the following, similar use of omnibi, after Latin genitive singular forms in -i:1889 E. Dowson Let. 23 June (1967) 85 I trust you arrived chez toi—in all sobriety last night & accomplished the de[s]census Av—I should say omnibi with discretion.

A. n.

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.

†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.

†4. = omnibus box n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete.

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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.

†5. Glass-making. A cover which protects articles placed in an annealing oven from draughts of air. Obsolete. rare.

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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.

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).

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.

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 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.

† omnibus cad n. [ < omnibus n. + cad n.⁴ (compare sense 3 s.v.)] Obsolete an omnibus conductor.

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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.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omnibus
释义	omnibusn.adj. Brit. /ˈɒmnᵻbəs/, /ˈɒmnᵻbʌs/, U.S. /ˈɑmnəˌbəs/ Inflections: Plural omnibuses, omnibi, (rare) omnibusses, omnibus's. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French omnibus. Etymology: < French omnibus (apparently 1825: see note below; 1835 in voiture omnibus ; 1867 in sense ‘supplementary waiter with no fixed duties’ (compare sense A. 6)) < classical Latin omnibus ‘for all’, dative plural of omnis all (see omni- comb. form).According to Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. Omnis, the earliest use in French was in 1825, reportedly to denote vehicles run by a M. Baudry for the purpose of transporting passengers between Nantes and a nearby bathing place. The idea for the name is said further to have come from a tradesman with the surname Omnès who had the legend Omnès omnibus written on the nameplate of his firm; as applied to the vehicle, the name was probably intended partly in order to make a distinction with the earlier carosses (first suggested by Pascal, and found from the late 17th cent.) which were more exclusive. In form omnibi (in e.g. quots. 1840 at sense A. 1, 1902 at sense A. 1, and quot. 1969 at sense A. 3b) representing an assumed or (humorously) confected ‘plural’ of classical Latin omnibus, after Latin plurals in -i. Compare the following, similar use of omnibi, after Latin genitive singular forms in -i:1889 E. Dowson Let. 23 June (1967) 85 I trust you arrived chez toi—in all sobriety last night & accomplished the de[s]census Av—I should say omnibi with discretion. A. n. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †4. = omnibus box n. at Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. †5. Glass-making. A cover which protects articles placed in an annealing oven from draughts of air. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 3. a. Of a book, volume, edition, etc.: that is an omnibus (sense A. 3b). ΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). a. omnibus driver n. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. b. omnibus fashion adv. ΚΠ 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 bar n. now rare = busbar n. at bus n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. † omnibus cad n. [ < omnibus n. + cad n.⁴ (compare sense 3 s.v.)] Obsolete an omnibus conductor. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). omnibusv. Brit. /ˈɒmnᵻbəs/, /ˈɒmnᵻbʌs/, U.S. /ˈɑmnəˌbəs/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle omnibused, omnibussed; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: omnibus n. Etymology: < omnibus n. †1. a. intransitive. To travel by omnibus. Also transitive with it. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 † omnibussing n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 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. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1829v.1833
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