trailer camp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trailer camp
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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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
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
Frank Kawana was 12 when his family moved into the trailer camp in El Segundo, which sat near North American Aviation’s B-25 bomber plant.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020
There is also a shortage of moderate-income housing for Vail's 2,000 ski instructors, waiters and salespeople, many of whom live in a trailer camp a dozen miles away.
From Time Magazine Archive
The girl was a new student at Riverview, somewhat older than the members of her class, and lived in a trailer camp at the outskirts of the city.
From The Wishing Well by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
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