shanty
IPA: ʃˈænti
noun
- A roughly-built hut or cabin.
- A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
- (Australia, New Zealand) An unlicensed pub.
- A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work.
verb
- To inhabit a shanty.
adjective
- (US, derogatory) Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.
- Jaunty; showy.
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Examples of "shanty" in Sentences
- Father would disapprove of his daughter settling for what he called a shanty Irish beau.
- WAGNER: He became a different -- he was one of those what they refer to as shanty Irish.
- The people were living in shanty towns and the government had to ship water to the residents.
- He crossed the open glade, was, nearly at the shanty, when he heard voices -- loud, coarse voices -- _coming from his shanty_.
- Had Ron Davies become First Secretary we would now be living in shanty towns, stuck at home watching re-runs of Satellite City and evenings with Max Boyce on our black and white TV sets.
- Our ongoing collaboration provides pediatric primary care to marginalized Haitian immigrant children living in shanty town-like villages (bateyes) where their parents work on sugar cane plantations.
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