bendy bus

English

Bendy bus on the TfL 149 route

Noun

bendy bus (plural bendy buses)

1. (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