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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At least one neighbor had been arguing with Dixon related to her son’s whereabouts the morning she was arrested, prompting the trailer park manager to report the incident, authorities said at the time. Jake Goodrick july 3, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025 At the time of the killing, Delehanty, then 19, was living at a trailer park in Elsmere with his mother just a few doors down from Clayton, Detective Nick Klaiss said during a court hearing. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Myrin plays Bert’s wife LeeAnn and the mother of their two daughters who grew up in a trailer park. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 June 2025 According to the School District, 756 students currently live in hotels or motels; 86 live in emergency or transitional shelters; 129 live in parks, temporary trailer parks or campgrounds, train stations, etc.; and 2,343 share the housing of other persons. Debbie Daniel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025 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 19 Jul. 2025.

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