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shanty🔊

A roughly-built hut or cabin.

📑 Synonyms: shack hovel

A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.

(New Zealand) An unlicensed pub.

📑 Synonyms: speakeasy

(pejorative) Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.

To inhabit a shanty.

(Q1195253) A song sailors sing, especially in rhythm to work, to help coordinate hauling (pulling) at the same time, or to set the pace for continuous activities.

📑 Synonyms: sea shanty

Jaunty; showy.