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portable
noun a school building consisting of one or two classrooms which can be removed from its foundations and relocated. Compare demountable, musset hut, pre-fab, relocatable, silver bullet1, terrapin unit, transportable.
Contributor's comments: Demountable classrooms were called portables in Sydney in the 1970s.
Contributor's comments: My niece refers to this at her (Tasmanian) school as a "terrapin".
Contributor's comments: It was only ever refered to as a portable in our high school in Adelaide in the 70's.
Contributor's comments: Growing up in Adelaide, it was always a transportable.