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
Ross said she approached the owners with independent mobile home park developers who were interested in buying the fire-destroyed lot and letting residents rebuild within months.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The water spread evenly in a circle around the mobile home and seeped into the ground.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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