trailer camp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trailer camp
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Most of the rest were dumped at Winona trailer camp that second weekend in May.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
As the children — who made up nearly two-thirds of the new tenants — played, their parents and grandparents inspected the homes of the new Winona trailer camp.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
As they searched for their bags in the trailer camp a year later, county officials scrambled around them to arrange meals from a nearby tuberculosis sanitarium.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Give me the trailer camp with the solidity of concrete beneath my feet, the rich aroma of half-burned gasoline, the reassuring hum of the flush toilet, the wall-to-wall people.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’m cutting classes for the afternoon,” the trailer camp girl replied, pausing.
From The Wishing Well by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
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