shacktown

English

Etymology

From shack +‎ town.

Noun

shacktown (plural shacktowns)

  1. A settlement made up of shacks; a shanty town.
    • 1940, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor, Violations of free speech and rights of labor, page 21892:
      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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