Definition of "camelback" [camelback]

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

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• "The unique "camelback" ride sees you floating on a giant disc along a track at up to 43mph."
• "Just today, trotting down Hollywood Boulevard on camelback with two fellow members of the CIA that's what we mischievously named our Communist Islamic Alliance!"
• "I throw an mre in my pack with a full camelback of water."