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Webster's 1828 DictionarySHANTY, for janty, gay; showy. [Not in use or local.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)n Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionary1. 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 DictionaryShanty Shan"ty, a. Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.] Webster's 1913 DictionaryShanty 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 DictionaryShanty 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
Moby ThesaurusNissen 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 |