trailer park

noun

: an area equipped to accommodate mobile homes

called also trailer camp, trailer court

Examples of trailer park in a Sentence

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At the time, the mayor’s brother, Carlos Lago, was registered to lobby in the city of Miami for a company that owned a Little Gables trailer park that had been a sticking point in past efforts to annex the enclave. Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025 Neither the residents of Pacific Palisades nor those of a rural trailer park are immune to the effects of climate change. Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article Two men have been convicted in the 2022 killing of a 15-year-old boy at a south Jersey trailer park. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025 All of his movies present prototypical images of common spaces: a house in Hollywood, a boardroom, a log cabin, an American trailer park. Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trailer park

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trailer park was in 1937

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“Trailer park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailer%20park. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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