They work in dilapidated sheds and live in illegal hutments that the municipal corporation is threatening to demolish.
Puzzled, we probed farther into the jungle, and, a couple of miles ahead, we found them in a poor hutment compared with their old village.
These hutments were burnt down and the menfolk were killed.
The hutments and slums have also assumed a political dimension, since slum dwellers have voting rights and get to flex their muscles in elections.
Even on a day when it is pouring and hutments flooded, I have seen little school children come with perfectly starched, spotless white school uniforms.
Definition of hutment in US English:
hutment
nounˈhətmənt
Military
An encampment of huts.
〔军〕棚屋营房
Example sentencesExamples
These hutments were burnt down and the menfolk were killed.
The hutments and slums have also assumed a political dimension, since slum dwellers have voting rights and get to flex their muscles in elections.
Even on a day when it is pouring and hutments flooded, I have seen little school children come with perfectly starched, spotless white school uniforms.
Puzzled, we probed farther into the jungle, and, a couple of miles ahead, we found them in a poor hutment compared with their old village.
They work in dilapidated sheds and live in illegal hutments that the municipal corporation is threatening to demolish.