plotland

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounplotland (plural plotlands)

plural plotlands

  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.

    2009 February 16, Tristram Hunt, “Clarkson's philistines would appal these pootling pioneers”, in The Guardian

Origin

From plot + land.

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APA

plotland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotland

MLA

“plotland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plotland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plotland.

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