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shanty

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nounshack

Word Origin & History

"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).

Example Sentences for shanty

And then followed visions of the increased comfort to come to the shanty.

Would anybody have belaved it when we come with nothin' to the shanty?

And now to revert more particularly to our home life in the shanty.

Finally, it was discovered that the shanty was far too small a place for our banquet.

I brought out my relic of other days, and displayed it to the boys in the shanty.

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Synonyms for shanty

noun shack

cabin
cottage
hut
lean-to
camp
shed
shelter
small house
tiny house

More words related to shanty

cabin

noun. tiny house; lodging

berth
box
caboose
camp
chalet
compartment
cot
cottage
crib
deckhouse
home
hovel
hut
lodge
log house
quarters
room
shack
shanty
shed
shelter

camp

noun. site for outdoor living

bivouac
campfire
campground
camping ground
caravansary
chalet
cottage
encampment
hut
lean-to
lodge
log cabin
shack
shanty
shed
summer home
tent
tent city
tepee
tilt
wigwam

cottage

noun. tiny house; lodging

box
bungalow
cabana
cabin
caboose
camp
carriage house
chalet
cot
home
hut
lean-to
lodge
ranch
shack
shanty
small house

depressed

adjective. disadvantaged

cheapened
depreciated
deprived
destitute
devalued
distressed
ghetto
ghost
impaired
needy
poor
poverty-stricken
run-down
shanty
skid row
underprivileged
weakened

dump

noun. slummy establishment

hole
hovel
joint
mess
pigpen
pigsty
shack
shanty
slum
sty

home

noun. place where a human lives

abode
address
apartment
asylum
boarding house
bungalow
cabin
castle
cave
co-op
commorancy
condo
condominium
cottage
crash pad
diggings
digs
domicile
dormitory
dump
dwelling
farm
fireside
flat
habitation
hangout
haunt
hearth
hideout
hole in the wall
home plate
homestead
hospital
house
hut
joint
living quarters
manor
mansion
nest
orphanage
pad
palace
parking place
place
residence
resort
roof
rooming house
roost
shanty
shelter
trailer
turf
villa
where the hat is

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