An urban area where homeless people congregate under makeshift shelters made from cardboard boxes.
Example sentencesExamples
- And that's when people stopped giving money to the lady, as she looked too well dressed to be residing in cardboard city.
- Remember cardboard city, and streets lined with beggars?
- We are thrilled to be getting rid of our cardboard city, it was an appalling situation for pupils and teachers.
- In the meantime, Sydney is becoming a cardboard city.