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bus-left
 other.— «Billy looked up to see the taillights of the school bus disappear. This was one child who was left behind. “Momma, I done got bus left,” Billy lamented.» —“Don’t Leave Me Behind, Mr. Bush” by Scott Hollifield Winston-Salem Journal (N.C.) Jan. 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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