omnibusful

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noun

Enough to fill an omnibus.

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Meanings

nounomnibusful (plural omnibusfuls or omnibusesful)

plural omnibusfuls · plural omnibusesful

  1. datedEnough to fill an omnibus.

    Four omnibusesful have just arrived upon the wharf, and all is bustle and activity.

    1870, Charles Dickens, “Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything”, in R[obert] Shelton Mackenzie, Life of Charles Dickens. […] With Personal Recollections and Anecdotes;—Letters by ‘Boz,’ never before Published;—and Uncollected Papers in Prose and Verse., Philadelphia, Pa.: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, page 452
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    An omnibusful of passengers, who happened to be present during the affray, suffered much alarm;[…]

    1842 August 20, “The Provinces”, in The Spectator, volume XV, number 738, page 800

    These gentlemen will be delivered by omnibusfuls at that strange Babel, Exeter Hall;[…]

    1853 April 10, “Spring-time”, in The Era, volume XV, number 759, page 9

Origin

From omnibus + -ful.

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APA

omnibusful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnibusful

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“omnibusful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnibusful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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