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terrapin unit
noun a portable classroom. Compare demountable, musset hut, portable, pre-fab, relocatable, silver bullet1, transportable. Also, terrapin.
Contributor's comments: In the NT portable classrooms are called "silver bullets".
Contributor's comments: Is this the 'transportable' in W.A.?
Contributor's comments: This is called a "demountable" in Queensland Schools.
Contributor's comments: In SA these classrooms are referred to as demountables.
Contributor's comments: In Victoria this is a portable, or a relocatable.
Contributor's comments: In Victoria this is referred to as a 'portable'.
Contributor's comments: I used to call these Pre-fabs (pre-fabricated) in Adelaide.
Contributor's comments: Called a "prefab" in SA, sometimes also "transportables".
Contributor's comments: portable Tasmanian school classroom as you have in portable: "Take these library books over to the teacher in the terrapin."
Contributor's comments: "Terrapin" could well be the manufacturer's model designation or brand name. They had (have?) a floor area 24ft x 24ft and were constructed in three 8ft modules.
Contributor's comments: Terrapin units have been used by Tasmanian schools to accommodate short term shortages in classrooms.
Contributor's comments: In Sydney when I grew up these were always called demountables. When my son said he was going to be in the terrapin next year I had no idea what he meant until he showed me.