noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a camel coat (= a thick pale brown coat made from wool, sometimes mixed with camel hair )
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He wore a smart camel coat over his suit.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
break
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There are many tales of madness overcoming travellers whose cars have broken down or whose camels have died.
ride
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We visited the ancient city of Petra and rode camels .
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Their deity, Goddess Vankul Mata ji, rides on a camel and specifically bequeathed the animal to them.
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We rode our camels or walked alongside them covering between 20 and 30 kilometres a day.
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He had ridden the camel all the way from the coast and was under the impression that they had become friends.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Achaemeniann foot guards, Parthian warriors, the cavalry of Xerxes, litters, chariots, tanks, Bactrian camels.
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An Arab's flowing robes and racing camels gleamed white against the ochre dirt.
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But Koju was, immutably, a driver and Chutra, immutably, a camel man.
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One dehydrated camel drank 186 litres of water in two bouts of 94 and 92 litres.
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Some days we passed other groups of Rabari with their strings of camels.
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The camels were hobbled out to graze in the paddock.
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They are camel breeders and were once quite well off.