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Synonyms

mobile home

American  
Or mobilehome

noun

  1. a large house trailer, designed for year-round living in one place.

mobile home British  

noun

  1. living quarters mounted on wheels and capable of being towed by a motor vehicle

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Etymology

Origin of mobile home

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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Manufactured housing has undergone a revolution, bearing little relation to its “mobile home” roots.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related: I’m 35 and the only house I can afford is a mobile home.

From MarketWatch

The Pacific Palisades Bowl mobile home park is still riddled with fire debris, months after the park next door was cleaned up.

From Los Angeles Times

With a mobile home, you own the structure itself, but still have to pay rent on the land.

From MarketWatch

She still stores bottled water in a shed next to her mobile home in case the well dries up again.

From Los Angeles Times

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