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Omnibus   /ˈɑmnəbəs/   Listen
noun
Omnibus  n.  
1.
A long vehicle, having seats for many people; a bus. Note: In the 1913 Webster the term omnibus was especially applied to, a vehicle with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.
2.
(Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.
3.
(Printing) A volume containing collected and reprinted works of a single author or on a single theme.


adjective
omnibus  adj.  Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time; as, omnibus legislation; an omnibus budget bill.
Omnibus bill, a legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations. (Parliamentary Cant, U.S.)
Omnibus box, a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it. (Eng.)





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"Omnibus" Quotes from Famous Books



... to T. Hystrix, found on the west coast of Australia, or on some of its islands, in the voyage of the Beagle, may be distinguished by the following character. Tribulus (occidentalis) sericeolanatus, foliis suboctojugis, coccis undique dense armatis: spinis omnibus conico-subulatis longitudine invicem aequalibus. These two species differ from all others in the uniform shape of the spines, which equally cover the whole external surface ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt
... you like a ride down to the junction?" Hugo said. "I believe we could just catch a train if we take the omnibus at 'The Green Hart.' I want to make inquiries about something ...
— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker
... door; an omnibus was at the moment passing the corner of the lane, which Mr. Pickwick hailed and ran after with extraordinary nimbleness. When he had got about half-way, he turned his head, and seeing that I was still looking after him and that I waved ...
— Master Humphrey's Clock • Charles Dickens
... miss the glare and crash of the imperial thoroughfare? The milkman, the fiery, untamed omnibus horses, the soda fountains, Central Park, and those things? Yes I do; and I can go on missing 'em for quite ...
— The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 1 • Charles Farrar Browne
... after the manner of the old-fashioned omnibus, afforded no opportunity of moving to and fro in the selection of seats, hence, when Red Kimball discovered Lahoma's identity—the exact moment of the discovery was marked by his violent start—she was safeguarded from his approach by her ...
— Lahoma • John Breckenridge Ellis


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