camion

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Buy a gift, some kind of gift: a box of chocolate, a strand of pearls, an eau de parfum that fell off the back of a camion de livraison—all are worthy options.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2014

The word "camion" in Spanish usually refers to an 18-wheeler, but in Mexico it means "bus."

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2011

I rode to Gorizia from Udine on a camion.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

It was raining outside and now and then a dripping camion passed along the road, slithering through the mud.

From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John

The Camion Caravan," and I repeat it from memory: "Winding down through sleeping town Pale stars of early dawn; Like ancient knight with squire by side, Driver and helper now we ride— The camion caravan.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd