There was also a word here and there about Wanton's Bathing Machines, Button's Donkeys, and Milton and Rowe's Char-a-BANCS.
"The Captives"
Hugh Walpole
It was past noon, and they were already returning, when they came on the char-a-BANCS containing the head of the strike-breaking column.
"The Freelands"
John Galsworthy
On the 19th the 8th Division captured some trenches at Neuve Chapelle, and the 7th Division at Rouges BANCS, but of the latter, the 2nd Batt.
"1914"
John French, Viscount of Ypres