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
Esponda pointed to his couch, a sagging green camelback.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
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
She isn't a girl used to having men run away from her, on camelback or anything else—so naturally she thought me a rude beast, and showed it.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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