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shantytown
noun shan·ty·town \-ˌtau̇n\
: a town or a part of a town where the people are poor and live in shanties
Full Definition of SHANTYTOWN
: a usually poor town or section of a town consisting mostly of shanties
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First Known Use of SHANTYTOWN
1876
Rhymes with SHANTYTOWN
Allentown, broken-down, Charlottetown, Chinatown, common noun, dressing-down, dressing gown, eiderdown, Germantown, go to town, hand-me-down, Oxford down, proper noun, reach-me-down, simmer down, Spanish Town, thistledown, Tinseltown, trickle-down, Triple Crown, tumbledown, up and down, up-and-down, upside down, Vandyke brown, verbal noun, water down, watered-down
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