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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Those perks did come though when Kitsch — who was raised by his mom Susan, who worked for the BC Liquor Board, in a trailer park — landed the role of beloved bad boy Tim Riggins in FNL in 2006. Brianne Tracy, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025 Mesa police officers were alerted to a shooting at the trailer park around 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 after witnesses saw the teen fire rounds at the victim, who was seated in the driver’s seat of a green truck. Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024 Banks spent his early years in a trailer park and was the first in his family to go to college. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025 Some of the Nicaraguans had found housing in Rosa’s neighborhood, a trailer park at the edge of town. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024 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 28 Jan. 2025.

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