Sentence examples for charabanc from inspiring English sources

Namely the same old primal activities that people have experienced forever without kidding themselves that, if the whole charabanc were to come to a halt tomorrow, they wouldn't be a little disappointed.

Charabanc, (from French char à bancs: "wagon with benches"), long, four-wheeled carriage with several rows of forward-facing seats, originated in France in the early 19th century.

Browsing through album release schedules recently, I was struck by how active rock's old guard were at the present time, with some weeks' lists appearing less like album schedules than seating-plans for the annual charabanc outing from the Home for Old Rockers.

Horse stables, caravans, and the Strummerville painted charabanc outside recall an era before officials took over the world; the scene is wholly appropriate for a musician who had no truck with petty rules.

There are horse stables, caravans, and the Strummerville painted charabanc stationed outside.

The cumbersome though finely painted charabanc of the late James style is pulled swaying along by a frisky pony of a plot, farcical and romantic, designed for stage-lit action.

Apart from that I have been to a biology class, talked about mimicry, and two days ago rode with a woman professor and a group of very black young ladies, very intensely chewing mint gum, in a wooden charabanc-cum-automobile to collect insects about twenty miles from here.

Restaurant Ours (what an idiotic name) seems to be aimed at the Chiltern Firehouse/Made In Chelsea crowd, but our fellow diners are ramrod west Londoners, all florid faces and bouffant comb-overs, as though someone's cattle-prodded in a charabanc-ful of Piers Morgan's pals.

Today sight-seeing motor coaches in Great Britain are sometimes called charabancs.

"The gangs used to turn up in charabancs and would have battles on the racetrack and in pubs nearby.

When horses pulled carriages and charabancs, when bicycles were considered dangerous beasts, when flags were waved from rooftops to pass on news, there were always people who were nevertheless considered "fast".