"slab city" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slab cities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slab city (plural slab cities)
  1. (US, historical) An area surrounding a sawmill in American frontier times, where slabs of cut wood were stored or discarded. Tags: US, historical
    Sense id: en-slab_city-en-noun-~pkMa0wu Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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