shanty camp

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a camp at which logging (def. 2) is carried on.

See: logging(def. 2),shanty ((n.))(def. 2a)

Quotations

1957

In five years, it has grown from a rough-hewn shanty camp . . . to a modern town. . . .

1967

The disappearance of the shanty camps also meant the loss of a ready market for fresh vegetables and dairy products.