Meaning of icecream van | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“She looked out of the window for inspiration, saw⟳ an icecream van standing beside the back gate of the hospital. ‘Goodness, look⟳! An icecream van! When we leave⟳, we’ll stop⟳ and buy⟳ one, shall we?[…]’”

“Tomorrow a party of Arnie’s tourists would turn⟳ up in a glass-bottomed boat, tomorrow we’d wake⟳ up and see⟳ an icecream van driving along the sand, tomorrow a helicopter would arrive⟳, full of sexy models in slinky bikinis, for a tropical photoshoot.”

“Decorations began to appear⟳ in house windows as well as in shops — even the icecream vans were playing carols as they drove along — and the magazines were full of suggestions for traditional feasts.”

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