Plotland

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.

    "To cater for the new army of motorists, a sprawling infrastructure of petrol stations, motels and car parks crept across Britain. So did a new landscape of unauthorised plotlands."

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"To cater for the new army of motorists, a sprawling infrastructure of petrol stations, motels and car parks crept across Britain. So did a new landscape of unauthorised plotlands."

Etymology

From plot + land.

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