Charabancs. In the old days in the French countryside, the poorer people traveled about in horse drawn open air carts [chars] with benches on top [bancs]. Hence the Charabancs. It is interesting to see that Britain uses the word for a sort of smallish public transport system.
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em |
4:14 PM
Charabancs. In the old days in the French countryside, the poorer people traveled about in horse drawn open air carts [chars] with benches on top [bancs]. Hence the Charabancs. It is interesting to see that Britain uses the word for a sort of smallish public transport system.
JFS
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