backyarder, noun

backyard dweller. Also attributive.
2011 J. Stephen in Elle Decoration No.75 Feb. 28 (caption)‘Land and Liberty’, inspired by an image of protesting backyarders, is on Keizersgracht Street in Cape Town – the spot where people traditionally gather when marching to parliament.
2014 tcn.org.za (DSAE Corpus)Many of the new settlers were living in overcrowded backyarder shacks, where rents and utility services were charged at a premium.
2017 dailymaverick.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The Witzenberg Municipality has apologised to a group of backyarders whose shacks and some belongings were destroyed during an eviction in Wolseley last week...
backyard dweller. Also attributive.
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backyard dweller, noun phrasen. phr.BAD, nounn.
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