"shacktown" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From shack + town.",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "A settlement made up of shacks; a shanty town."
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