Omnibus
['ɒmnɪbəs] or ['ɑmnɪbəs]
Definition
(noun.) an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author.
(adj.) providing for many things at once; 'an omnibus law' .
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Definition
(n.) A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.
(n.) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.
Editor: Robert
Definition
adj. including all: covering many different cases or objects as 'an omnibus clause.'—n. a large four-wheeled vehicle for passengers chiefly between two fixed points:—pl. Om′nibuses.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are being drawn through the streets in an omnibus, foretells misunderstandings with friends, and unwise promises will be made by you. See Carriage.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A test for Patience, still popular in England. From Grk. oneiros, dream, and baino, to go or move. A dream of motion.
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Examples
- With this idea in her head, she hailed an approaching omnibus with such a hasty gesture that the daisies flew out of the pot and were badly damaged. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The man in the grey suit got into an omnibus, going westward. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The present omnibus traffic in London alone amounts to nearly ￡20,000 per week. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The sound of wheels roused her from these musings, and leaning behind her shutters she saw the omnibus take up its freight. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There was an omnibus passing--going into the country; the conductor thought he was wishing for a place, and stopped near the pavement. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Once there, she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolled away to town, looking very merry and mysterious. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I assert it positively--when he took his seat in the omnibus, he blushed! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What you may mean, George Sampson, by your omnibus-driving expressions, I cannot pretend to imagine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When no interests but my own are involved, I am humbly content to get from place to place by the omnibus. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My engagement was to go to church; and I'm afraid the omnibus has started without me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Walking a mile in an hour--you must own that the omnibus would be quicker! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And so he returned to the little market-place, and remounted the omnibus to return to Milton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The man in the grey suit stopped the omnibus, and got out in Oxford Street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Bless me, child, you will have to charter an omnibus to carry them about. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On their first introduction, omnibuses were considered absurdities, and were ridiculed as painted hearses. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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