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Meaning of shacktown | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A settlement made up of shacks; a shanty town.

Examples

“Consequently, it is not surprising that in the years from 1935 to 1938 when the dust-bowl influx was at its peak that hudreds of dustbowl refugees moved into these so-called shacktowns, or squatter camps.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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