camelback

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The hose for the camelback is about a foot too short when the pack is fully loaded.

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  1. adjective Shaped like a hump or an arching curve.
  2. noun New Orleans A narrow house with one story in front and two in the rear. See Regional Note at beignet.

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  • Bistami spent that day on camelback, following the main charges of the front, trying to stay within sight of Akbar, and when that failed, helping wounded men into the shade. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • He renovated the abandoned camelback-style home - featuring one story in the front and two in the back - and it's now valued at about $110,000.
  • He renovated the abandoned camelback-style home _ featuring one story in the front and two in the back _ and it's now valued at about $110,000. —  KSL / U.S. / National
  • The camelback hydration system is basically a plastic pouch that holds one or more quarts of water, and is carried on the upper back. —  StrategyPage.com
  • My only regret is that I won't be able to post pictures of my finished camelback addition or bore you with any details of how I am going to disembowel my subcontractors. zoo which I haven't been to in a while. —  Blogging New Orleans
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