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motor van

noun British.

a motor truck, especially one enclosed to protect the cargo.

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Origin of motor van

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby motor van

motor speech center, motor torpedo boat, motor truck, motor unit, motor urgency, motor van, motor vehicle, motor vessel, motor voter law, motor-minded, motor-mouth
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Example sentences from the Web for motor van

  • Only two or three years since she had been driving a motor-van in order to defeat the Germans.

    Mr. Prohack|E. Arnold Bennett

  • The next moment he was shot into the motor-van too and the door was shut.

    The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies|Grace Brooks Hill

  • They have been very nice to me, and offered me a job to drive a motor-van for them, carrying food to Belgian hostels and families.

    The Spell of Belgium|Isabel Anderson