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trailer
A	noun
	1	trailer, house trailer
				a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚conveyance; transport ╚vehicle ╚wheeled vehicle ╚trailer, house trailer ╚mobile home; manufactured home ╚camper trailer
	2	trailer
				a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚conveyance; transport ╚trailer ╚semitrailer; semi ╚car carrier
	3	preview, prevue, trailer
				an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚promotion; publicity; promotional material; packaging ╚ad; advertisement; advertizement; advertising; advertizing; advert ╚preview, prevue, trailer
	4	dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer
				someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚nonworker ╚idler; loafer; do-nothing; layabout; bum ╚dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer ╚straggler; strayer ╚putterer; potterer ╚plodder; slowpoke; stick-in-the-mud; slowcoach ╚loiterer; lingerer

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