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cardboard city

noun

informal an area of a city in which homeless people sleep rough, often in cardboard boxes

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Nearby words

  1. cardamom hills,
  2. cardamoms,
  3. cardamon,
  4. cardan joint,
  5. cardboard,
  6. cardboardy,
  7. cardenal,
  8. cardholder,
  9. cardi-,
  10. cardia
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