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char-a-banc

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char-à-banc

  [shar-uh-bang, -bangk; Fr. sha-ra-bahn]
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–noun, plural -bancs  [-bangz, -bangks; Fr. -bahn] . British.
a large bus used on sightseeing tours, esp. one with open sides and no center aisle.
Also, char⋅a⋅banc.

Origin:
1810–20; back formation from F char-à-bancs lit., car with benches, the -s being taken as pl. ending of word as a whole
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