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

On the front seat of the camion a sleepless one handled the wheel, while beside him the relief driver slept on the seat.

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

But I was in luck 'cause a Frenchman had just started his camion an' I jumped in and said the gendarmes were after me.

From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John