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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHANTY, for janty, gay; showy. [Not in use or local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty]
2: a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors [syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]

Merriam Webster's

I. variant of chantey II. noun (plural shanties) Etymology: probably from Canadian French chantier lumber camp, hut, from French, builder's yard, ways, support for barrels, from Old French chantier, gantier support — more at gantry Date: 1820 a small crudely built dwelling or shelter usually of wood

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hut or cabin. 2 a crudely built shack. Phrases and idioms: shanty town a poor or depressed area of a town, consisting of shanties. Etymology: 19th c., orig. N.Amer.: perh. f. Can.F chantier 2. n. (also chanty) (pl. -ies) (in full sea shanty) a song with alternating solo and chorus, of a kind orig. sung by sailors while hauling ropes etc. Etymology: prob. F chantez, imper. pl. of chanter sing: see CHANT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shanty Shan"ty, a. Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shanty Shan"ty, n.;pl. Shanties. [Said to be fr. Ir. sean old + tig. a house.] A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shanty Shan"ty, v. i. To inhabit a shanty. --S. H. Hammond.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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. N-COUNT 2. A shanty is a song which sailors used to sing while they were doing work on a ship. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Hut, hovel, shed, mean cabin, mean dwelling.

Moby Thesaurus

Nissen hut, Quonset hut, booth, box, cabin, caboose, camp, cot, cottage, crib, gatehouse, hut, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, lodge, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, sentry box, shack, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse