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Louse Town
Slang, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:Lousetown.
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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Klondike City, Y.T.
See: L-town
Quotations
1897
We pitched camp on the south side, on what is known as Louse Town.
1938
We squatted on the hill above Lousetown, described by the Sourdoughs as "The lousiest place on God's earth, for any day the lice might walk away with them buildin's."
1963
Poking through the ruins of Lousetown, the old red light district across the river from Dawson City, antique collector Gradelle Leigh of Fairbanks came up with a real find.