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vanner

American  
[van-er] / ˈvæn ər /

noun

  1. the owner or driver of a van, especially one of customized design.


Etymology

Origin of vanner

First recorded in 1970–75; van 2 + -er 1

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Another can be glimpsed in the strange fact that the vanner drives long distances to destinations at which the main activity is a celebration of the vehicles that have made the journey.

From Time Magazine Archive

By this mode the vanner does profoundly escape in several ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a time of widespread popular feelings of powerlessness, the vanner ascends to a swivel driver's seat that is called, within the cult, a "captain's chair."

From Time Magazine Archive

One is that the true vanner, at heart, is not fundamentally interested in getting anywhere, only in going.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a Frue or Triumph vanner, with 220 revolutions per min.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

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