Meaning

1 senses
  1. A temporary cage for holding (originally) black slaves, and later convicts and other types of prisoners.

Origin

From Spanish barracón, barraca.

From Spanish barracón, barraca.

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Forms

plural: barracoons
Singularbarracoon
Pluralbarracoons

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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