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trailer camp

American  

noun

  1. an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.


Etymology

Origin of trailer camp

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

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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

By 1955 the trailer camp boasted a heated pool, shuffleboard courts, horseshoes and a playground with six swings, tetherball and a sandbox.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

Most of the rest were dumped at Winona trailer camp that second weekend in May.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

When recession comes -- a number of these pictures were taken during the slump of 1981-82 -- the oldest company towns in New England fall like the flimsiest trailer camp in Arizona.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's a trailer camp right behind this Palm Springs motel, see, the one where I've got my radios, an' it's full of all these ritzy guys and dames, see.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy

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