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camper van

British  

noun

  1. a motor caravan

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He compared the difference between the ISS and the tiny Orion capsule as like going from a "six-bedroom house, like a mansion... to a camper van."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Jo Dunne has been spending several days each week sleeping in a camper van in the car park of a Liverpool care home to be near her son, Ethan Richardson.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Other imagery posted by Australian media showed a camper van or trailer at the edge of a pool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Jarrod: Yeah, the camper van went to the Euros!

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Mo was her home, Mo and her books, and perhaps the camper van that carried them from one place to the next.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke