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shacktown 
n. a community, or section of a town, etc., that is comprised of shacks.
See also: shack ((n.)) shantytown
- 1923 Where little shack-towns rose, it knew there should be cities.
- 1960 The Eskimos who are not employed are gradually concentrating their numbers at almost every DEW site in the western Arctic with the subsequent build-up of "shacktowns" erected with discarded materials from the dumps.
- 1965 True, there are highly visible shack-towns . . . the French Line up in Lanark and, over a larger area of the Shield, the Ozarks of Ontario.
- 1923 Where little shack-towns rose, it knew there should be cities.