bendy bus
n.— «One of the 19-metre-long Swansea Metro vehicles—or bendy buses as they have become known—was parked up on The Kingsway in the city centre yesterday for a drop-in surgery.» —“Bending our ears on bus” This Is South Wales Oct. 30, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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