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shantytown†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a community, or section of a town, etc., that is comprised of shacks.
See: shacktown
Quotations
1900
[It is a] shanty town of rough-hewn logs, warmly mudded-up. . . .
1928
He apologized for Dunvegan, assuring me that I must understand that Water Holes was no such tumble-into-the-river shanty-town but a real up-and-coming emporium of commerce.
1965
The failures are inscribed on . . . denizens of shanty towns and slums who drifted away from their hunting grounds in search of a more comfortable life. . . .