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

Roaring with heavy wheels, grinding with gears, throbbing with motors, camion after camion went by, slowly, stridently.

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

"Homeward to remorque and rest, Pale stars of early night; Through stillness of the eventide, Back through the winding town we ride— The camion caravan."

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