[Ads-l] Antedating of "Omnibus"

[Shapiro, Fred]

omnibus (OED 1829)

1828 _Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle_ 4 May (19th Century U.K. Periodicals)  Among the various ingenious speculations in Paris is the establishment of a number of coaches on quite a new plan. ... The name given to this new vehicle is "Omnibus," and it is capable of containing twenty persons, ten on each side.


Fred Shapiro



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