SHANTYTOWN

Shanty town

A shanty town is a slum settlement of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, and cardboard boxes. They are usually found on the periphery of cities, public parks, or near railroad tracks, rivers, lagoons or city trash dump sites. Sometimes called a squatter, informal or spontaneous settlement, shanty towns often lack proper sanitation, safe water supply, electricity, hygienic streets, or other basic human necessities.

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shanty town

Noun

  1. a suburb consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people


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shantytown

Noun

  1. An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.


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