camion

Example Sentences

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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

So I just climbed up in the second camion and backed it off into the bushes....

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

The French soldier strolled over to us; helped to straighten out the camion, and when we learned that he was going down the hill we gave him a lift.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen