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Arbus

American  
[ahr-buhs] / ˈɑr bəs /

noun

  1. Diane, 1923–71, U.S. photographer (sister of Howard Nemerov).


Arbus British  
/ ˈɑːbəs /

noun

  1. Diane, original name Diane Nemerov . 1923–71, US photographer, noted esp for her portraits of vagrants, dwarfs, transvestites, etc

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But one of the bike’s best features is a built-in 620 cubic-centimeter storage space at the base of the downtube, which should be enough room to store an Abus folding lock.

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2020

Alan Peters from bus company Abus which operates services around the city, said penalising buses was "excessive and the wrong approach".

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2019

In his flight, he was drowned in the river Abus, which has ever since been called the Humber, after “the Scythian’s name.”

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

He crossed the wide river Abus, and thought it the ocean of which he had heard tales; he stole at stations and begged at farms, and drank in all that he could see and hear.

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West

At this part it is about a mile broad, it is the Abus of Ptolemy.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell

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