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Dormobile

Meaning of "Dormobile" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DORMOBILE

ˈdɔːməʊˌbiːl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DORMOBILE

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Dormobile is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DORMOBILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bedford Dormobile

The Bedford Dormobile is a 1960s-era campervan conversion, based on the Bedford CA van, and subsequently on the Bedford CF. It was manufactured in Folkestone in Kent, southern England, by Martin Walter. The first Bedford CA based Dormobile motorhome, complete with a gas stove, a sink and cupboards and seats which converted into beds, appeared in 1957. The elevating roof, hinged on one side and featuring a red and white striped canopy, was quickly evolved in order to make it possible to stand within the vehicle. The campervan idea originated as a compromise negotiated with the UK tax office. Earlier in the 1950s, the manufacturers specialised in converting the Bedford CA van into a mini-bus, featuring extra side windows and seats. The UK tax authorities asserted that the converted vehicle was effectively a form of estate car, and therefore its retail price should bear passenger car purchase tax, a burden from which buyers of vans were spared.

Definition of Dormobile in the English dictionary

The definition of Dormobile in the dictionary is ® a vanlike vehicle specially equipped for living in while travelling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DORMOBILE

abele · airmobile · automobile · Beale · Biel · bloodmobile · bookmobile · deshabille · dishabille · habile · pimpmobile · Popemobile · skimobile · snowmobile · traymobile

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DORMOBILE

Dormition of the Blessed Virgin · dormitive · dormitories · dormitory · dormouse · dormy · Dornbirn · dorneck · dornick · dornock · doronicum · Dorothy Dixer · dorp · Dorpat · dorper · Dors

WORDS THAT END LIKE DORMOBILE

amabile · ballabile · bile · black bile · cantabile · debile · downwardly mobile · immobile · labile · memorabile · mobile · Nobile · nonmobile · nubile · piano nobile · primum mobile · stabile · strobile · thermolabile · upwardly mobile

Synonyms and antonyms of Dormobile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Dormobile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DORMOBILE

Find out the translation of Dormobile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Dormobile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Dormobile» in English.
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Dormobile
1,325 millions of speakers
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DORMOBILE
570 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
510 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
380 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
280 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
278 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
270 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
260 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
220 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
190 millions of speakers
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Wohnmobil
180 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
130 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
80 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
75 millions of speakers
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डॉर्ममोअल
75 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
70 millions of speakers
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Dormobile
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Trends of use of Dormobile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DORMOBILE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dormobile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DORMOBILE»

Discover the use of Dormobile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dormobile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Classic Dormobile Camper Vans: A Guide to the Camper Vans of ...
Dormobile, a name inescapably linked with camper vans, grew out of a Folkestone coachbuilding company called Martin Walter's.
Martin Watts, 2009
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Bedford Dormobile
The Bedford Dormobile is a 1960s-era campervan (motorcaravan, motorhome) conversion, based on the Bedford CA van, and subsequently on the Bedford CF. It was manufactured in Folkestone in Kent, southern England, by Martin Walter.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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Volkswagen Camper: Forty Years of Freedom - An A-Z of ...
Towards the end of the 1970s, Dormobile ran into financial difficulties. It continued to produceconversionsonmodels other than Volkswagens until it ceased trading in 1984, though there were no Wedge variations on the Dormobile theme.
Richard Copping, 2007
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VW Bus: Forty Years of Splitties, Bays & Wedges
With origins stretching as far back as the 17708, by the early 19508 the Kentish operation was dabbling in the motorhome business. Out of this was born the Dormobile name and while Volkswagen conversions did eventually play a relatively ...
Richard Copping, 2006
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Gold Fever
Alex looked around, his car was burning fiercely the building was in ruins, yet he could still hear the music from the dormobile. He stepped cautiously out of the rubble. There was no sign of life from the other car or the dormobile; he looked ...
Albert Able, 2011
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Contract Law in Perspective
The bank was managed by Max's son Nigel who said the bank would only lend Georgie the money if the loan was secured by a charge on the vintage Dormobile and they started making more effort to sell their produce at farmers' markets ...
Linda Mulcahy, 2008
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Caravans: The Illustrated History from 1960
Dormobile's plans ran into slight problems, quality-wise, even though the factory had modern equipment, including thermobonding presses and air compressed tools. Dormobile's expansion plans were impressive and ambitious, but proved ...
Andrew Jenkinson, 2003
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No Single Loyalty: Many Strands One Design : a South African ...
One other thing we had done during 1970 was to order a dormobile, because we had so enjoyed our Auerdorm journey through Europe. We wanted to own one of these vehicles, especially as this would make family holidays less expensive.
F. E. Auerbach, 2002
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Simon Gray: Plays 2: Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; ...
Otherwise Engaged; Dog Days; Molly; Plaintiff and Defendants; Two Sundays; Pig in a Poke; Man in a Side Car Simon Gray. clocked it at. If I'd been a fraction further on I'd be a dead man now. So would you. I was driving our Dormobile.
Simon Gray, 2013
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Changing Times
There were so many of us going to dancesthat Dadwould lend Bob the Dormobile. You can only get so many folk inacar, so the Dormobilewas more suitable. Dances at thattime alwaysfinished by twelve o'clock (no dancing on the Sabbath) but ...
Nigel Grant, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DORMOBILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Dormobile is used in the context of the following news items.
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​Classics cars at the Virginia Ash, Henstridge, south Somerset
The Dormobile was the original campervan built into a Bedford CA or CF van, the deluxe models had the four speed gearbox. The Sunbeam ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jul 15»
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Chefs on the beach: Jeremy Lee on holidays in the Western Isles …
In my teens, things became more sophisticated, because we'd camp in Brittany – travelling at night in a VW Dormobile to Stirling and onto the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Phil Daniels: My family values
We all went on holiday with my uncle Don because we didn't have a vehicle, so we went in his Dormobile or my uncle Arthur's Ford Anglia. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Car Torque .... with TV garden and DIY expert Tommy Walsh
It was a Bedford Dormobile Van, in two toned blue, with sliding doors that you could drive along left open - far greener than air-con. At the ... «The Northern Echo, Apr 15»
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Suddenly, I was on all these girls' bedroom walls. It was a big surprise
... ended up in a nine-piece band touring the country in a Bedford Dormobile. ''We'd be booked in Sunderland one night, Bournemouth the next ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Tributes to artist illustrated the remarkable transitions of county's …
He and his Dormobile campervan became a regular sight in the countryside. In an era when there was little opportunity to appreciate modern ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Feb 15»
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Call Clegg 29 January
NF: Do you travel in a dormobile [unclear 00:10:54]? NC: No I don't. NF: Okay. NC: But well, look just 20 seconds on this. NF: Yeah of course. «Liberal Democrats, Jan 15»
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1965 Bedford motorhome recovered from council lock-up after 18 …
Mark and Michelle are now planning to use the Dormobile for everyday use and occasional camping trips. Mark said: 'It had gone to the back of ... «Classic Cars for Sale, Jan 15»
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First World War: Pilot shot down by German fighter is visited in …
I remember we bought a Dormobile camper van and toured Ireland, as a family, on Alexander's money!” For more stories of East Anglia's war ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Oct 14»
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Waterloo Sunset's still fine
“The biggest moment,” he says, “was after we made You Really Got Me. We drove home in our equipment van, a Bedford Dormobile, I think, ... «The Sunday Times, Sep 14»
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