"cardboard city" meaning in All languages combined

See cardboard city on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cardboard cities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cardboard city (plural cardboard cities)
  1. An area of a town where the homeless gather at night to shelter under makeshift constructions of discarded boxes and packing material.
    Sense id: en-cardboard_city-en-noun-XqCBTwlq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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