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roofless
 adj.— «Landless peasants have organized in Brazil and Bolivia, and Brazil also has a “roofless” movement of people with inadequate or no housing. Consumer rights organizations have sprung up in a variety of countries, with Chile at the epicenter.» —“Latin America: Search for a future” by Barbara Fraser, Paul Jeffrey National Catholic Reporter May 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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