Shacktown

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A settlement made up of shacks; a shanty town.

    "Consequently, it is not surprising that in the years from 1935 to 1938 when the dust-bowl influx was at its peak that hudreds of dustbowl refugees moved into these so-called shacktowns, or squatter camps."

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"Consequently, it is not surprising that in the years from 1935 to 1938 when the dust-bowl influx was at its peak that hudreds of dustbowl refugees moved into these so-called shacktowns, or squatter camps."

Etymology

From shack + town.

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shanty town

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