AUTOBUS

bus, autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle

(noun) a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; “he always rode the bus to work”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autobus (plural autobuses or autobusses)

(dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.

(cycling) The group of cyclists in a race who form a large group behind the leading peloton.

Synonyms

• (cycling group): gruppetto

Anagrams

• autosub

Source: Wiktionary



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BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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