trailer park

noun

: an area equipped to accommodate mobile homes

called also trailer camp, trailer court

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The sheriff said the boy, who was homeschooled, may have been a high-functioning autistic child who would typically play with other kids in the trailer park. Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 The fires previously also caused more than 200 people to voluntarily evacuate from a trailer park community near Krome Avenue on Wednesday, but the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced on Saturday such evacuees were allowed to return to their homes. Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026 Gary Police and a SWAT team went to a Calumet Township trailer park in August 2021 looking for Orlando Burgos — a suspect in a neighbor’s brutal beating. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 In the first trailer for Adam Wingard’s Onslaught, Adria Arjona plays a young mother and veteran defending her adorable child and trailer park community from an army of what appear to be glowing-eyed super-soldiers built like pro wrestlers. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 June 2026 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 26 Jun. 2026.

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