Single-decker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a single-deck bus, which has only one level for passengers, unlike a double-decker. UK, especially

    "I travelled home on a crowded single-decker - over half of the passengers were schoolchildren."

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"I travelled home on a crowded single-decker - over half of the passengers were schoolchildren."

Etymology

From single + decker, from deck (“floor, level”).

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