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Shillibeer

English

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Etymology

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(bus): Surname of the man who introduced the first London bus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Shillibeer

  1. A surname.

Noun

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Shillibeer (plural Shillibeers)

  1. (obsolete) A bus (passenger vehicle).
  2. (obsolete) A kind of inferior hearse.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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