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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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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

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

Since then, he has lived in a camper van while pushing out near-daily content on his page that is occasionally licensed by mainstream TV news organizations — the bulk of his current income.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Worse, a camper van was parked round the side.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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