- a variation of char-à-banc.
charabanc
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of charabanc
C19: from French char-à-bancs, wagon with seats
Example Sentences
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But let’s not punish Johnson for the mute words of a charabanc.
From The Guardian • May 13, 2016
Phil Mickelson sports the sort of thick black gauntlets that Toad of Toad Hall would pull on for a spin in his charabanc.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2014
Matthew Crawley Memorial Satnav with in-built rustic charabanc detector.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2013
This second charabanc jumps around just as much as his first, taking in reggae, a piano ballad, soft rock and vocoder funk.
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2012
The afternoon was generally given up to some excursion or charabanc drive, and the day finished rather somnolently in the lounge.
From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
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