Synonyms for shanty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shan-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæn ti

Définition of shanty

Origin : "rough cabin," 1820, from Canadian French chantier "lumberjack's headquarters," in French, "timberyard, dock," from Old French chantier "gantry," from Latin cantherius "rafter, frame" (see gantry). Shanty Irish in reference to the Irish underclass in the U.S., is from 1928 (title of a book by Jim Tully).

noun shack

Example sentences :

And then followed visions of the increased comfort to come to the shanty.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

Would anybody have belaved it when we come with nothin' to the shanty?
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

And now to revert more particularly to our home life in the shanty.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Finally, it was discovered that the shanty was far too small a place for our banquet.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

I brought out my relic of other days, and displayed it to the boys in the shanty.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

She is the idyll of our shanty, and our regard for her approaches to idolatry.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

There must be a mistress in a house that is to be a house, and not a—well, shanty, let us say.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

He returned with intelligence that set our shanty in a ferment.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

And then we were occupied with the erection of the shanty, as already described.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Our shanty is the habitation of some half-dozen of us, year out and year in.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

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