motor van
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of motor van
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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He rode about Northern Virginia on a three-wheel cycle and drove alone across the country on a specially equipped motor van.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2016
Like a householder who took his visitors for tradesmen, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery stood in the door of his motor van and demanded icily : "What do you want?"
From Time Magazine Archive
The sides of a motor van had been let down to form a speaking platform.
From Time Magazine Archive
After about 45 minutes the three-man team piles into its motor van and speeds off to another beach.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later in the day a motor van appeared in that street.
From The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident by Saltus, Edgar
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