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travel trailer

American  

noun

  1. trailer.


Etymology

Origin of travel trailer

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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At first, she stayed in a 19-foot metal travel trailer that hadn’t burned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Space in the travel trailer is cramped, with books, clothes, family photo albums and paperwork slipped into every bit of limited storage space.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

In a more participatory register, the local artist Simiya Sudduth has created a mural on Jefferson but also welcomes visitors in her vintage travel trailer turned healing space.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

As the troopers were speaking to residents at one house, a red truck pulling a travel trailer drove through the neighborhood.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2023

Ima and I bought a travel trailer and did more than our share of traveling the next two-and-a-half years.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson

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