n. An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings. syn.
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n. a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties
Word Usage
"For someone like Jakes, everyone from a beleaguered president in the White House to a malnourished Kenyan boy in a shantytown is tugging at his cuffs."