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shanty

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shanty, in music: see chantey chantey or shanty , work song with marked rhythm, particularly one sung by a group of sailors while hoisting sail or anchor or pushing the capstan.
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shanty1
1. a ramshackle hut; crude dwelling
2. formerly, in Canada
a. a log bunkhouse at a lumber camp
b. the camp itself
shanty2, shantey, chanty (US), chantey
a song originally sung by sailors, esp a rhythmic one forming an accompaniment to work.
shanty
1. A hut, usually of wood; a small structure of rough character.
2. A temporary building on a construction site used for storage or as a contractor’s office.
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"I've got a little shanty of my own," he explained, "quite close to St.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
You know the saloon is one of them patent houses you can take to pieces, and I've been reckoning you boys will have to pitch in and help me to take the whole shanty over to the laurel bushes, and put it up agin Kearney's cabin.
Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context
After looking the town over with some care, the most suitable place that could be secured seemed to be a rather dilapidated shanty near the coloured Methodist church, together with the church itself as a sort of assembly-room.
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