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单词 shantytown
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shantytown

[ shan-tee-toun ]
/ ˈʃæn tiˌtaʊn /

noun

a section, as of a city or town characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
a whole town or city that is chiefly made up of shantylike houses.

Origin of shantytown

First recorded in 1880–85; shanty1 + town

Words nearby shantytown

shantey, shanti, Shantou, Shantung, shanty, shantytown, Shanxi, Shaoxing, Shaoyang, shape, shaped
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British Dictionary definitions for shantytown

shantytown
/ (ˈʃæntɪˌtaʊn) /

noun

a town or section of a town or city inhabited by very poor people living in shanties, esp in a developing country
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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