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panel van

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noun

  1. a small van with two rear doors, esp one having windows and seats in the rear

  2. a small enclosed delivery van

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Emergency services were called to the A858 at North Shawbost on Friday at about 16:45 after reports of a crash involving a grey Renault master panel van and a pedestrian.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

“The signage is basically ‘Don’t come in here,’ but it’s not going to give you a list of here’s the problems,” Knox said while seated in a chair outside his neatly kept panel van.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

An arrest team of three detectives was crouched in the back of a panel van outside the apartment on a dark street.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2020

Haywood was driving my father’s secondhand panel van with the fake wood-grain wraparound made of shelf liner that masked the previous owner’s business logo.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2018

He spent his summers doing long hauls in a panel van, taking his wrestlers to wrestling camp in Virginia, leading Explorer Scout trips to faraway scenic states, and returning with a trucker’s one-armed suntan.

From The New Yorker • May 29, 2015