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trail⋅er

[trey-ler]
–noun
1. a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used esp. in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
2. Also called travel trailer. a vehicle attached to an automobile and used as a mobile home or place of business, usually equipped with furniture, kitchen facilities, bathroom, etc. Compare tent trailer.
3. a person or thing that trails.
4. a trailing plant.
5. a short promotional film composed of clips showing highlights of a movie due for release in the near future.
6. blank film at the end of a reel or strip of film, for winding off the film in a motion-picture camera or projector. Compare leader (def. 6).
7. Ceramics. a can with a spout, used in slip trailing.

Origin:
1580–90; trail + -er 1
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trail·er   (trā'lər)   
n.  
  1. A large transport vehicle designed to be hauled by a truck or tractor.

  2. A furnished vehicle drawn by a truck or automobile and used when parked as a dwelling or office.

    1. A short filmed advertisement for a movie; a preview.

    2. A short, blank strip of film at the end of a reel.

v.   trail·ered, trail·er·ing, trail·ers

v.   tr.
To transport by a trailer: trailered the boat to the beach.
v.   intr.
To travel or live in a trailer.
trail'er·a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
trailer

  1. mod.
    trashy, as in trailer park trash. : The guy's a loser. Strictly trailer.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

trailer 
1890, "vehicle pulled by another," from trail (v.); originally a small carriage drawn along by a bicycle. Meaning "preview of a coming movie" first attested 1928. Trailer park first recorded 1947.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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