bidonvillen. [French ville town] a shanty-town built of oil drums or petrol tins.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > shanty town
shanty town1876
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1955 Times 21 July 6/6 Huge fires destroyed two Moroccan bidonvilles (shanty towns) in the suburbs of Fedala.
1961 Times 6 May 9/7 Elsewhere the bidonvilles, or petrol can shanty towns, spread like a rash.