plotland en · NOUN
Etymology
From plot + land.
Meanings
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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.
2009 February 16, Tristram Hunt, “Clarkson's philistines would appal these pootling pioneers”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| plotlands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |