Portakabin

plural Portakabins

1. A type of mobile building.

   In this case study the topic for discussion was the reduction of car parking spaces due to the erection of a Portakabin for contract workers.

   2002, Malcolm Martin, Tricia Jackson, Personnel Practice, CIPD Publishing, →ISBN

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   ‘He says the Portakabin's pretty much empty. Plans and files were removed to the Southampton office a week ago so they'd be available to prospective punters.

   2008, Minette Walters, Acid Row, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN

   The phone rings again but she doesn't answer it. After three days of intense heat, the grass is parched and balding; the azalea flowers, once blooming up to chest height, lie desiccated on the ground. Sally Healey's Portakabin door is open.

   2011, Rosamund Lupton, Afterwards, Hachette UK, →ISBN