Shillibeer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Shillibeer

  1. A surname.

Noun

Shillibeer (plural Shillibeers)

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

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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