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house trailer

American  

noun

  1. a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.


Etymology

Origin of house trailer

First recorded in 1935–40

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The search warrant provided to a judge the justifications for agents to search computers, cellphones or tablets owned by Cope and the house trailer where he lives.

From Washington Times Aug. 8, 2020

The search warrant provided to a judge the justifications of agents so they could search computers, cellphones or tablets owned by the janitor, Joshua Lee Cope, and the house trailer where he lives.

From Seattle Times Sep. 20, 2018

The more my father wanted to settle for what he had — a house trailer and low-level farm work — the more my mother fought for what she wanted.

From Washington Post Sep. 22, 2016

Margarite Nix was asleep on the couch in her 40-foot house trailer in Sacramento, Calif. earlier this year when she woke to see flames shooting two to three feet out of her refrigerator.

From Forbes Nov. 6, 2014

Another was Ob’s idea of heaven, and I thought his angels just might come off that thing and fly around that house trailer any minute, so golden and light were they.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

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