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
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
The center opened its own building outside the trailer camp in the early ’50s; it still operates.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Even more would have been there, if measles had not recently struck "Trailerville," S.M.U.'s student trailer camp.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two baskets were left at the trailer camp.
From The Wishing Well by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
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