mobile home
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mobile home
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Related: ‘Several hurricanes have come close’: I’m 73 and live in a mobile home in Florida.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
“I live in a 2016 double-wide mobile home with no mortgage.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The sheriff’s office dispatched a deputy to the family’s mobile home, where she introduced herself to Flores and her fiance, Egdulio Velasquez, and asked to speak with Briana.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
While they initially didn't take it seriously, just three weeks later, they had bought a mobile home and were packing their bags ready to leave their Hereford homes for a new life in Wales.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
He started to walk back to the mobile home.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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