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fifth-wheel trailer

American  
[fifth-hweel, -weel, fith-] / ˈfɪfθˌʰwil, -ˌwil, ˈfɪθ- /

noun

  1. fifth wheel3


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Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on Dec. 31, and found Mr. Greenwood inside a fifth-wheel trailer outside a home, according to court documents.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Szendrey, who visited the subdivision Tuesday, said he saw burned cars and a destroyed fifth-wheel trailer but that a number of homes appeared to have been saved, which he attributed to the Hmong residents’ efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2021

They live just across the road in a fifth-wheel trailer home and love to come to the Intracoastal Waterway to watch the waves roll in.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2019

The couple has been living in a fifth-wheel trailer on a neighbor’s property since February 2017.

From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2018

Chase’s job was to replenish the mug from the Thermos at his feet, which he had filled four hours earlier in the weather-battered fifth-wheel trailer they were pulling.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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