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camper van

British  

noun

  1. a motor caravan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They initially traveled the country selling performance polos out of a camper van.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Richard Edwards, who owns the Courthouse guesthouse in Betws-y-Coed, said residents in his street were used to anti-social behaviour from camper van owners, but the overnight parking ban had made problems worse during recent weeks.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Activist Djordje Miketic said he works with a network of nearly 300 people who monitor the site—watching from windows, patrolling late at night and occasionally sleeping in a camper van.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Worse, a camper van was parked round the side.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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