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noun

Omnibus n.

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.

(Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.

(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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Etymology of 'Omnibus'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Omnibus" Quotes from Famous Books

... to lean out to distinguish the deserted square of the Champ-de-Mars, barred at the farther end by the sombre Military School. Down below, on thoroughfare and pavement on each side of the Seine, she could see the passers-by—a busy cluster of black dots, moving like a swarm of ants. A yellow omnibus shone out like a spark of fire; drays and cabs crossed the bridge, mere child's toys in the distance, with miniature horses like pieces of mechanism; and amongst others traversing the grassy slopes was a servant girl, with a white apron which ...

— A Love Episode • Emile Zola

... took his seat in an omnibus that plied between the city and the seaside suburb of St. Kilda, three miles off. A cool breeze went; the hoofs of the horses beat a rataplan on the hard surface; the great road, broad enough to make three of, was alive with smart gigs ...

— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson

... London I slipped in trying to avoid being run down by an omnibus and dislocated my right shoulder. I was fortunate in being the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Petherick at the time. I can never be sufficiently grateful to them for their care of and kindness to me. Only last year I went to Melbourne to meet them both again. It was the occasion of the ...

— An Autobiography • Catherine Helen Spence

... waiting for something. From time to time a strange vehicle drew near to the place where they stood,—such a vehicle as the lady at the window, in spite of a considerable acquaintance with human inventions, had never seen before: a huge, low omnibus, painted in brilliant colors, and decorated apparently with jangling bells, attached to a species of groove in the pavement, through which it was dragged, with a great deal of rumbling, bouncing and scratching, ...

— The Europeans • Henry James

... from Mowbray D[onne] was the occasion of my writing thus directly to you. And yet I have spoken 'de omnibus other rebus' first. But I venture to think that your feeling on the subject will be pretty much like my own, and so, no ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) • Edward FitzGerald

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