mobile home
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mobile home
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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A follow-up inspection resulted in a notice of violation for a mobile home that had a failed septic system, county records state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The strike was a response to an almost $100 hike in monthly plot rent - the rent mobile home owners pay to park their home.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Morrison, who grew up in eastern Montana with a nurse mother and incarcerated father, was a founding member of Bozeman Tenants United, the union chapter that has since helped the mobile home parks strike.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In urban areas in particular, land costs have become so high that it simply doesn’t make financial sense to run a mobile home park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The two of them were launched into the air so high that Nathan could see Nali’s mobile home in the far distance.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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