December 20, 2007
charabanc
(n.)

a sight-seeing motor coach

Pronunciation:
SHAR-a-bang

In a sentence:
Stepping into the charabanc, Lydia realized that despite what her fiancee had promised, this was just going to be another two weeks in American tourist hell.

In a different sentence:
Listening to their rambling tour guide while sitting in the back of a charabanc in Amsterdam, Bob and Rita realized that they were finally old and boring.

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