| 单词 | tenement yard |
| 释义 | > as lemmastenement yard tenement yard n. (a) (U.S.) the yard of a tenement building; (b) (esp. in Jamaica and Guyana) an area of land with multiple small, poor-quality houses that have communal facilities, principally used as housing for the poor. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun] > (back or front) yard yardOE backside1450 stead1546 outyard1600 lot1657 backyard1659 outlet1667 area1712 back lot1714 backlet1724 door-yardc1764 front yard1767 rear yard1800 tenement yard1874 sitooterie1994 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > slum(s) rookery1824 slum1825 slumdom1882 warren1884 slummery1892 slumland1893 barrack yard1903 tenement yard1914 borgata1929 string slum1939 squatter camp1956 favela1961 1874 4th Ann. Rep. Board of Health City N. Y. 99 The smallest portion of bare or badly-paved ground in a tenement-yard is sure to become the depository of slop and garbage. 1914 Jamaica Departmental Rep. 344 The poorer section of the community lives in small cottages or huts or in tenement yards. 2015 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) (Electronic ed.) 1 May (heading) Campbell Town tenement yards are ‘a disaster waiting to happen’. < as lemmas |
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