trailer park

noun

: an area equipped to accommodate mobile homes

called also trailer camp, trailer court

Examples of trailer park in a Sentence

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Banks spent his early years in a trailer park and was the first in his family to go to college. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025 Some of the Nicaraguans had found housing in Rosa’s neighborhood, a trailer park at the edge of town. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024 Jessica Knight, meet April Day, the valedictorian and homecoming queen who grew up in a trailer park and disappeared with her homecoming king boyfriend, Jason Marino, 20-some years ago. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2024 The Pan American Estates trailer park, once home to more than 200 families, would be transformed by a new 25-acre development that calls for 10 buildings ranging from five to eight stories. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for trailer park 

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trailer park was in 1937

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“Trailer park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailer%20park. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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