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shanty
1[shan-tee]
noun
plural
shantiesa crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
adjective
of, relating to, or constituting a shanty or shanties.
a shanty quarter outside the town walls.
of a low economic or social class, especially when living in a shanty.
shanty people.
verb (used without object)
to inhabit a shanty.
shanty
2Sometimes ·ٱ
[shan-tee]
noun
plural
shantiesa sailors' song, especially one sung in rhythm to work.
shanty
1/ ˈʃæԳɪ /
noun
a ramshackle hut; crude dwelling
a public house, esp an unlicensed one
a log bunkhouse at a lumber camp
the camp itself
shanty
2/ ˈʃæԳɪ, ˈʃæԳɪ, ˈtʃæn- /
noun
a song originally sung by sailors, esp a rhythmic one forming an accompaniment to work
Other Word Forms
- shantylike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shanty1
Word History and Origins
Origin of shanty1
Origin of shanty2
Example Sentences
Strikers took to the streets, occupied railroad depots, often with their families, waved signs, and erected tents and hastily constructed shanties.
Soprano Louise Alder and trumpeter Alison Balsam will make star turns, alongside the traditional medley of sea shanties, Pomp and Circumstance and Auld Lang Syne.
Raphinha was raised in the relentless, grinding poverty seen across the sprawling shanty towns that litter the landscape in and around the neighbourhood of Restinga in the city of Porto Alegre.
The two eventually made their way to Mexico City, paying about $200 for their shanty in La Soledad.
In Mayotte, one of the poorest parts of France, many residents live in shanty towns.
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