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shacktown

noun

Etymology

From shack + town.

Definitions

  1. A settlement made up of shacks

    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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