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Definition of busman in English: busmannounPlural busmen ˈbʌsmənˈbəsmən A driver of a bus. Example sentencesExamples - The 29 cyclists joined Keighley & District Travel's three busmen, who are cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End, on the five-mile challenge to race the train between Keighley and Oxenhope stations on Sunday.
- Wage increases to local bus workers, accepted by a conference of busmen yesterday, will cost the company £43,700 per year, said its general manger.
- Private busmen and co-drivers try to intimidate you, especially if a woman is behind the wheel.
- The first results came from London Transport busmen and showed ‘an extraordinary difference between the drivers and the conductors on double decker buses.’
- Frustrated, our busman got off I - 10 and double-clutched down onto surface streets before making a right on Highway 61.
- A museum spokesman said: ‘There are still a few old busmen around who remember her, and even a very select bunch driving buses today who passed their test on her over 30 years ago.’
- Three busmen, who are cycling from John O’ Groats to Land's End, have launched an interactive map on the eve of their marathon effort.
- On the bus strike, Mr Walsh said it was wrong that people should have to work excessive hours to get a living wage, and the hours of a lot of dockers and busmen were really excessive.
- Thousands of commuters were hit by a ‘no warning’ lightning strike by 6,000 Greater Manchester busmen.
- The concert raised several hundred pounds for the festival's adopted charity, the planned Cycling for Life ride by three Keighley busmen.
- One day strikes by busmen and public service workers gave the crisis-hit North-west its worst dose of Monday blues for years today.
- Mrs Parnham printed new copies due to the continued public interest in the picture, and sees the busmen's appeal as an appropriate beneficiary.
- Bradford busmen have voted to strike in support of the one-day stoppage by council and Health Service manual workers.
- I sprang out of the seat, hit the red button and thanked the busman.
- Mark McGorran must have a busman as part of his heritage.
- Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton have won the right to wear turbans on duty after a long-running campaign.
- In New York City 3,500 busmen struck, leaving 1,300 busses stalled, inconveniencing almost a million New Yorkers.
- Back in 1982 four musical busmen formed a folk band called Cheapside and were riding high.
Phrases A holiday or form of recreation that involves doing the same thing that one does at work. a fire crew's Christmas outing turned into a busman's holiday when their coach caught fire Example sentencesExamples - As a Transit Information Center representative who gives out route info over the phone, he's doing his version of a busman's holiday.
- ‘There's nothing on that list that is a beach read, or even a busman's holiday,’ Peter Osnos, of the PublicAffairs publishing house, told the Los Angeles Times.
- I've had eight years with the under-21s and regard it as a busman's holiday.
- But the moment his superiors in Greater Manchester Police heard about it, the Stockport officer's self-funded trip to America turned into a busman's holiday.
- Indeed, it would be hard to think of a more clubbable bunch than the society of nations, with their endless get-togethers and busman's holidays.
- Having recently completed the music for the new Harry Potter film, Cocker takes a busman's holiday to play a few of his favourite records.
- It is a working summer holiday, a busman's holiday - you come over, get muddy and call it a holiday.
- Harold, of Breightmet, Bolton, said: ‘It certainly was a busman's holiday.’
- By planning to cook and paint (another talent) his way across the country, with radio interviews and promotions en route, the trip will be something of a busman's holiday.
- Going out for a meal would be a bit of a busman's holiday.
Definition of busman in US English: busmannounˈbəsmənˈbəsmən A driver of a bus. Example sentencesExamples - I sprang out of the seat, hit the red button and thanked the busman.
- One day strikes by busmen and public service workers gave the crisis-hit North-west its worst dose of Monday blues for years today.
- Mark McGorran must have a busman as part of his heritage.
- Private busmen and co-drivers try to intimidate you, especially if a woman is behind the wheel.
- In New York City 3,500 busmen struck, leaving 1,300 busses stalled, inconveniencing almost a million New Yorkers.
- The first results came from London Transport busmen and showed ‘an extraordinary difference between the drivers and the conductors on double decker buses.’
- The 29 cyclists joined Keighley & District Travel's three busmen, who are cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End, on the five-mile challenge to race the train between Keighley and Oxenhope stations on Sunday.
- Mrs Parnham printed new copies due to the continued public interest in the picture, and sees the busmen's appeal as an appropriate beneficiary.
- Frustrated, our busman got off I - 10 and double-clutched down onto surface streets before making a right on Highway 61.
- Wage increases to local bus workers, accepted by a conference of busmen yesterday, will cost the company £43,700 per year, said its general manger.
- Back in 1982 four musical busmen formed a folk band called Cheapside and were riding high.
- Thousands of commuters were hit by a ‘no warning’ lightning strike by 6,000 Greater Manchester busmen.
- Three busmen, who are cycling from John O’ Groats to Land's End, have launched an interactive map on the eve of their marathon effort.
- The concert raised several hundred pounds for the festival's adopted charity, the planned Cycling for Life ride by three Keighley busmen.
- On the bus strike, Mr Walsh said it was wrong that people should have to work excessive hours to get a living wage, and the hours of a lot of dockers and busmen were really excessive.
- Bradford busmen have voted to strike in support of the one-day stoppage by council and Health Service manual workers.
- Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton have won the right to wear turbans on duty after a long-running campaign.
- A museum spokesman said: ‘There are still a few old busmen around who remember her, and even a very select bunch driving buses today who passed their test on her over 30 years ago.’
Phrases A vacation or form of recreation that involves doing the same thing that one does at work. a fire crew's Christmas outing turned into a busman's holiday when their coach caught fire Example sentencesExamples - Harold, of Breightmet, Bolton, said: ‘It certainly was a busman's holiday.’
- Having recently completed the music for the new Harry Potter film, Cocker takes a busman's holiday to play a few of his favourite records.
- By planning to cook and paint (another talent) his way across the country, with radio interviews and promotions en route, the trip will be something of a busman's holiday.
- But the moment his superiors in Greater Manchester Police heard about it, the Stockport officer's self-funded trip to America turned into a busman's holiday.
- Going out for a meal would be a bit of a busman's holiday.
- I've had eight years with the under-21s and regard it as a busman's holiday.
- Indeed, it would be hard to think of a more clubbable bunch than the society of nations, with their endless get-togethers and busman's holidays.
- ‘There's nothing on that list that is a beach read, or even a busman's holiday,’ Peter Osnos, of the PublicAffairs publishing house, told the Los Angeles Times.
- It is a working summer holiday, a busman's holiday - you come over, get muddy and call it a holiday.
- As a Transit Information Center representative who gives out route info over the phone, he's doing his version of a busman's holiday.
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