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Hovels

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hutchnounA box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
hutnounA small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
shacknounA crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
shantynounA roughly-built hut or cabin.
sheltersnoun(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
shacksnounA crude, roughly built hut or cabin.
pigstiesnoun(colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
squalornounFilthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
hutsnounA small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
slumsnoun(countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
abodesnoun(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
shantytownnounAn area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
flophousesnoun(US, slang) A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
ghettosnounAn (often impoverished) area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity, or race.
poorhousesnounA charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
grottynoun(slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive.
hellsnoun(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
garretsnounAn attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
alleywaysnounA narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
warrennounA system of burrows in which rabbits live.

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