They were going to Clacton in what he called a “charabanc.”. From Wordnik.com. [Portobello] Reference
From a charabanc hung red, green and white flags at every window. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
Being trapped on a charabanc with a load of streetwise hustlers scared me. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
Memsa'b, being handed down out of the charabanc, merely looked up and smiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
Later, with the coming of the horse-brake and charabanc, the whole village took part as well. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
And he returned to the delegates who now sat impatiently in a charabanc at the doors of the Ritz. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
The charabanc ahead of them turned and went into the gate, as a man stood there holding the gate open. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of London]
Once again he saw himself, as if in a nightmare, watching impotently as the bizarre charabanc of facts and conjecture hurtled on its predestined course. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
With the help of the powerful new charabanc we even got out of the district altogether, rattling away to the ends of the earth, to Bristol or even further. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
Who needs to worry about defectors when you have someone inside the Government, shoving a brick on the accellerator and pointing the party charabanc at a wall. From Wordnik.com. [Hazel Blears Calls it As She Sees It] Reference
The brass-lamped motor-car came coughing up the road, followed by the clamorous charabanc; the solid-tyred bus climbed the dusty hills and more people came and went. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
I never thought that anything could make Alma or the Kabul retreat seem like a charabanc picnic, but that day did, and I was through it, dawn to dusk, as no other man was. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Writer] Reference
A new cook, one Mrs. Bennet, and maids, including a lady's maid just for Alison called Howse, came from London, at length, brought in a charabanc with all their boxes and trunks. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
MRS. TERENCE: There was another charabanc load just after two o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts] Reference
There are the chapel-organised cultural outings with transport by charabanc. From Wordnik.com. [IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...)] Reference
(Hannah's pronunciation of charabanc.) "All of this will be expensive, Amy.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Women] Reference
My would-be charabanc now sits, possibly on bricks, in a poor area of Bordeaux. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Record - Home] Reference
It is the sheer energy that the Yorkshire charabanc can provide on days like this. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Approaching the precipice, the cabinet sat on in the charabanc of doom, no one grabbing the handbrake. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: General election 2010 | guardian.co.uk] Reference
That MR SHAMBEKO never failed to acknowledge the inadvertent part played by the evil spidery charabanc driver BINNS. From Wordnik.com. [Hooting Yard] Reference
The charabanc took us all to an Edwardian country estate in Fife, and a guide wittily welcomed us to our busman's holiday. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But these futile ebullitions of malice are powerless to check the triumphal progress of the charabanc in the Eastern Counties. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920] Reference
That those who had been hurled from the charabanc assisted those who remained within its twisted wreckage to make their escape. From Wordnik.com. [Hooting Yard] Reference
The afternoon was generally given up to some excursion or charabanc drive, and the day finished rather somnolently in the lounge. From Wordnik.com. [Joanna Godden] Reference
The other photo that brought back memories was the one of the crowd of blokes in front of the charabanc getting ready to depart on their annual pub beano. From Wordnik.com. [London SE1 community website] Reference
It would be humiliating to the whole charabanc confraternity if they were to yield their pre-eminence in this branch of education to a small rural community. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920] Reference
I have no doubt that there it will be my blithesome duty continually to back a charabanc with a fierce clutch up an interminable equivalent of the Eiffel Tower. From Wordnik.com. [Jonah and Co.] Reference
That the cost of the hire of the charabanc and driver was met by subscription to the excursions and picnicking fund of the Tuesday Weld Fan Club, administered by the Hon. From Wordnik.com. [Hooting Yard] Reference
She had not had time to dress for dinner, having come home late from a charabanc drive to Pevensey, and the circumstance seemed slightly to mitigate the daring of a stroll. From Wordnik.com. [Joanna Godden] Reference
"Good luck in convincing your elvensteed to become a charabanc. From Wordnik.com. [Music To My Sorrow]
My baby in a charabanc. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: The kids have a new favorite song.] Reference
The outrage charabanc is staying in the garage. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
That the charabanc crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920] Reference
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