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shantytown definition

☆ shanty·town (s̸han′tē to̵un′)

noun

the section of a city where there are many shanties or ramshackle houses

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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