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

The ambulance drivers—Singer and Hughes—neglecting to unlock the ambulance doors, ran up the road and began working with the drivers of the camion to get the great van on the road again.

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

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