Johnyxxx
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Hi,
Can somebody explain me the meaning of the sentence "somethink on a homnibus"?
The landlady has a son who, she told me, is “somethink on a homnibus”. He comes occasionally to see her. I think he drinks, for he talks very loud, regardless of the hour of the day or night, and tumbles about over the furniture downstairs.
(Algernon Blackwood, The Listener)
http://algernonblackwood.org/Z-files/Listener.pdf
It is quite plain to me it is an incorrect version of "something on an omnibus" but I am not sure if the son drives the omnibus or what.
Thanks if you decide to help an enthusiastic autodidact.
Can somebody explain me the meaning of the sentence "somethink on a homnibus"?
The landlady has a son who, she told me, is “somethink on a homnibus”. He comes occasionally to see her. I think he drinks, for he talks very loud, regardless of the hour of the day or night, and tumbles about over the furniture downstairs.
(Algernon Blackwood, The Listener)
http://algernonblackwood.org/Z-files/Listener.pdf
It is quite plain to me it is an incorrect version of "something on an omnibus" but I am not sure if the son drives the omnibus or what.
Thanks if you decide to help an enthusiastic autodidact.