"cardboard city" meaning in English

See cardboard city in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "homeless",
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        ],
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ],
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ],
        [
          "makeshift",
          "makeshift"
        ],
        [
          "construction",
          "construction"
        ],
        [
          "discard",
          "discard"
        ],
        [
          "boxes",
          "boxes"
        ],
        [
          "packing",
          "packing"
        ],
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ]
      ]
    }
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        ],
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