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shacktowns

shacktowns is the plural of shacktown.

Meaning of shacktown

Noun

shacktown (plural shacktowns)

  1. A settlement made up of shacks; a shanty town.
    • 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.1940, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor, Violations of free speech and rights of labor, page 21892

Questions about shacktowns

What is shacktowns the plural of?
Shacktowns is the plural of shacktown.

Words near shacktowns in the dictionary

  1. shackoes
  2. shackos
  3. shacks
  4. shacks up
  5. shacktown
  6. shacktowns
  7. shacky
  8. shad
  9. shad cab
  10. shad frog
  11. shad frogs

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