trailer park

noun

: an area equipped to accommodate mobile homes

called also trailer camp, trailer court

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Drones that Carroll and others believe are operated by immigration agents hover most nights, and sometimes during the day, over a trailer park that mostly houses immigrants who have moved to the area to work in agriculture and manufacturing over the past 15 years. Kate Wells, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026 Situated on the basement floor of an historic bank building in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, it was designed to re-create the look, feel and taste of a 1960s-1980s trailer parks, with retro furniture, vintage trailers, diner booths and garage sale décor. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026 The series finds Ash Williams — of the original Evil Dead trilogy — living in a trailer park and working as a department store stocker, still haunted by his experiences slaying Deadites three decades earlier. Sammi Burke, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026 After the assistance of the FBI, Mississippi state and local agencies, Santillan was taken into custody at a trailer park in Biloxi on February 6. Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 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 10 Mar. 2026.

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