moving van
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of moving van
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Outside, clubhouse workers filled two huge tractor trailers bound for Dodger Stadium and an oversize moving van with equipment headed for Japan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Later that year on Las Ramblas, in Barcelona, a white moving van.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2025
A woman who died after falling from a moving van in Wakefield has been named by police as 27-year-old Leah Senior.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024
Then, a few days later, a moving van arrived unannounced to remove the center’s only fridge and the shelter was closed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Enormous as the moving van seemed, the new house was more enormous still, a split-level, with an attached garage.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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