bendy bus
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Noun
bendy bus (plural bendy buses)
- (informal) An articulated bus.
- 2011 October 6, Boris Johnson, quotee, “Bus conduct”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
- Mr Johnson is proud that London will soon be free of these buses. Conservative Home, a website, quotes him as saying at a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference on Monday night, that: “The last breeding pair of bendy buses will be despatched this year to the happy hunting ground of some Scandinavian airport.”
- [2022, Victoria R. Williams, London: Geography, History, and Culture, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
- At the same time, Johnson scrapped the so-called “bendy buses,” long, articulated buses that Johnson claimed were unsuitable for London roads and allowed people to avoid paying fares.]
Translations
articulated bus — see articulated bus
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