double-wide

noun

dou·​ble-wide ˌdə-bəl-ˈwīd How to pronounce double-wide (audio)
: a mobile home consisting of two units that have been fastened together along their length

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Karen Little Thunder, today a mother and grandmother at age 59, lives on the Rosebud Reservation in a white double-wide trailer on land that has been in her family for generations. Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024 In the middle of the neatly crammed bakery kitchen, which smells of sugar and butter and yeast, is a double-wide butcher-block table for preparing breads and pastries. Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 Klymit Double Wide Camping Hammock for $49 ($67) Snuggle up and try to spot the aurora borealis from this double-wide hammock, which comes complete with tree straps, daisy chains, and carabiners rated for up to 400 lbs. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2024 There were double-wide trailers, and dead cars in front yards, and threatening political flags, and posted signs on spooky old trees with shaggy bark. Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double-wide 

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double-wide was in 1966

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“Double-wide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-wide. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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