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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



... still to change her mind. She had only to turn now ... jump into an omnibus ... jump out again at the familiar corner, and everything would be as it had been. Life for the next five, ten, maybe twenty years, would be what the last five ...
— The Second Latchkey • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... what coloured omnibus went to the different parts of Paris, and on what days different buildings were open, and by the end of the week they all felt they could "personally conduct" tours all ...
— Barbara in Brittany • E. A. Gillie

... proprijs sumptibus et expensis, ad inueniendum, discooperiendum, et inuestigandum quascunque insulas, patrias, regiones siue prouincias gentilium et infidelium quorumcunque, in quacunque parte mundi positas, quae Christianis omnibus ante haec tempora fuerint incognitae. Concessimus etiam eisdem et eorum cuilibet, eorumque et cuiuslibet eorum haeredibus et deputatis, ac licentiam dedimus ad affigendum praedictas banneras nostras et insignia in quacunque villa, oppido, castro, insula seu terra firma ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. • Richard Hakluyt

... platform of the station, a score or two of light gondolas await you. The gondolier is the cabman. He waits for you, with his hand toward you, and the true "Keb, Sir!" tone and smile. A double-sized gondola is here called an "omnibus," and the name is painted on the side in huge letters. And these are the ...
— The Dodge Club - or, Italy in 1859 • James De Mille

... pair had been married for about a year, the omnibus that passes both by Mrs. Crump's house near "The Wells," and by Mrs. Walker's street off the Edgware Road, brought up the former-named lady almost every day to her daughter. She came when the Captain had gone to his business; she ...
— Men's Wives • William Makepeace Thackeray


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