mobile home
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mobile home
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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"You can't move a mobile home that's been sitting for 25 years. It will disintegrate," says Mountain Meadows resident Ben Moore, 35, who first moved to the park with his father in high school.
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
If you want to live in a mobile home park, look to Carson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Since 1986, according to data from the state housing department, Los Angeles County has lost roughly 200 mobile home parks, or one-fourth of its stock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
He looked out the window and at the mobile home in the distance.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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