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Old words: omnibus and cotillion

  • Writer: Mary Lou Montgomery
    Mary Lou Montgomery
  • Oct 13, 2014
  • 1 min read

Hannibal History: A cotillion party was planned at the Marion House on Hannibal's Market Street in 1858. In an article found via chroniclingamerica.org, Oscar

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Schmidt, proprietor, had arranged for an omnibus to bring party guests from downtown to his west end boarding house.

So what is an omnibus? Wikipedia.org offers an appropriate definition:

Omnibus is an old term for a horse-drawn enclosed bus, being the Latin for 'for all'.

Merriam-Webster defines cotillion as: a large formal party for dancing

 
 
 

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