(UK, Irish, obsolete, slang) An idle hanger-on about innyards.
: We will back the machine in which we make our daily peregrination from the top of Oxford-street to the city, against any buss on the road, whether it be for the gaudiness of its exterior, the perfect simplicity of its interior, or the …
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A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
I make him sound like a cad, but he’s not. Early on, when I fell seriously ill, he cared for me devotedly. He’s witty, sweet, a great cook and easy on the eyes.
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(archaic) A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.
c. 1835, Charles Dickens, "Omnibuses" (in Sketches by Boz)
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