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vanily

vanily noun: the community and friends of a nomadic van dweller on the road.

Noun

vanily (plural vanilies)

  1. (slang, uncommon) The community and friends of a nomadic van dweller on the road.
    • I’d seen similar caretaking the year before, when a nomad named Beth fell while stepping out of her van (aka The Beast), breaking her left arm. Two members of her “vanily” set up what they called “Camp Recovery,” helping her do many things that are impossible one-handed, […].2017, Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 220

Forms of vanily

pluralvanilies

Origin of vanily

Blend of van + family.

Questions about vanily

What does vanily mean?
Vanily means the community and friends of a nomadic van dweller on the road.
What part of speech is vanily?
Vanily is a noun.
What is the plural of vanily?
The plural of vanily is vanilies.

Words near vanily in the dictionary

  1. vaniloquence
  2. vaniloquent
  3. vaniloquie
  4. vaniloquies
  5. vaniloquy
  6. vanily
  7. Vanimo
  8. vanin
  9. vanins
  10. Vanir
  11. vanish

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