shacktown

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Definition of shacktown

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

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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From shack + town.

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