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What (who) is shanty - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Shanties; Shanty (disambiguation); Shanty choirs; Shanty choir; Shantykoor; Shantychor
Shanty
·adj Jaunty; showy.
II. Shanty ·vi To inhabit a shanty.
III. Shanty ·noun A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.
shanty
(shanties)
1.
A shanty is a small rough hut which poor people live in, built from tin, cardboard, or other materials that are not very strong.
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2.
A shanty is a song which sailors used to sing while they were doing work on a ship.
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shanty
shanty1
¦ noun (plural shanties) a small, crudely built shack.
Origin
C19: perh. from Canad. Fr. chantier 'lumberjack's cabin, logging camp'.
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shanty2
(Brit. also sea shanty; archaic or US chantey or chanty)
¦ noun (plural shanties) a song with alternating solo and chorus, of a kind originally sung by sailors working together.
Origin
C19: prob. from Fr. chantez! 'sing!', imperative plural of chanter.
Examples of use of shanty
1. Many companies provide accommodation in shanty labor camps.
2. The shanty where he worked has been empty since then.
3. Many are Roma Gypsies living in squalid shanty towns.
4. The singer and her husband went directly from Mumbai‘s airport to the downtown shanty township.
5. Carefully, as if the shanty didn‘t have a hole in the roof and a significant lean.