| 单词 | shackland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshack-land shack-land n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > harvest-field > stubble field arrishOE eddisha1728 stubble-rig?1780 stubble1792 shack-land1821 1821 Monthly Repos. Feb. 97/1 A great part..of our lands were formerly shack lands, of which the occupant had the use only whilst his crop was on, the land then reverting to the community for pasturage. shackland shackland n. chiefly South African an urban settlement of roughly constructed dwellings, typically erected rapidly and not officially designated a residential area. ΚΠ 1960 V. Cone Africa iii. 33 Slums where thousands of people per square mile inhabit a shackland with indescribable smells, dust, and open drains may be right around the corner from important business houses. 1991 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 24 461 The Town Council was constituted, municipal boundaries were extended, shacklands were demolished, local laws were enacted, and large profits were made. 2016 Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 4 May Maimane went door-to-door in the squalid shackland, striding over pools of stagnant water and ducking under illegally connected electricity cables. < as lemmas |
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