Etymology
Origin of camelback
Example Sentences
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As a youngish man in the late 1990s Mr. Marozzi crossed the north African desert on camelback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
They twirled model Lee-Enfield rifles alongside troops on camelback and horseback.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
By rail or by sea, stagecoach or even camelback, multiple means of transportation are utilized to speed this tale along, even as other challenges beset its compelling travelers.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
Cloaked in black, on camelback, he materializes in the shimmering desert heat, as if in a mirage.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2015
And then he laughed and asked her if she would go on a camelback ride with him through the Sahara desert.
From The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice by Dick Richards
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