microbus

[mahy-kroh-buhs]

noun

1. minibus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of microbus¹

First recorded in 1940–45; micro- + bus ¹

Example Sentences

Probably only Americans of a certain age remember when the Volkswagen Beetle was the best-selling imported car in the United States and the hippest ride to a Grateful Dead concert was a Volkswagen Microbus.

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Volkswagen is trying to tap some of that nostalgia in its latest push to regain the status and sales it enjoyed in the United States during the Beetle’s and Microbus’s heydays in the 1960s.

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Part of its plan to revive its fortunes here is to lean on a new electric model that resembles the Microbus, the ID.Buzz, and to revive the Scout brand with a line of electric pickups and sport utility vehicles.

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So I’m going to get a friend of mine, go over to the church in my red, VW Microbus, loaded with shovels and rakes and other implements of destruction and load up their garbage for Thanksgiving.

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"With the T4 generation, the VW bus left the USA and Canada 20 years ago. But the microbus – as the VW bus is called between New York and San Francisco – has retained its cult status right up to the present day," Volkswagen said in a statement.

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