Cleaner having a disqualification caught early bus (9)
I believe the answer is:
charabanc
'early bus' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cleaner having a disqualification caught' is the wordplay.
'cleaner' becomes 'char' (charwoman is a type of cleaner).
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'disqualification' becomes 'ban' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'char'+'a'+'ban'+'c'='CHARABANC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for charabanc that I've seen before include "Old tourist coach" , "An ABC arch (anag) - early excursion bus" , "E.g. transport" , "Early coach" , "Former coach" .)