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shantytown

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shan⋅ty⋅town

  [shan-tee-toun]
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–noun
1. a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
2. a whole town or city that is chiefly made up of shantylike houses.
Origin:
1880–85; shanty 1 + town
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shan·ty·town   (shān'tē-toun')   
n.  A town or a section of a town consisting chiefly of shacks.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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