bus left
other.— «They get “bus left” if they miss the school bus.» —“A while ago” by Jerry Taylor, Beth Lowrey in Athens, Ga. Jerry Taylor’s website (Greece, N.Y.) May 30, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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