Jaunty; gay; showy.

noun. A hut or mean dwelling; a temporary building of rough and flimsy character, Compare boist.

noun. A public house, or place where liquor is sold.

To live in a shanty, as lumbermen do: common in Manitoba and the lumber regions of North America.

noun. A song with a boisterous chorus, sung by sailors while heaving at the capstan or windlass or hoisting up heavy weights, to enable them to pull or heave together in time with the song.

To visit the grog-shanty habitually; drink frequently or habitually at a public-house.

noun. A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

adjective. Jaunty; showy.

intransitive verb. To inhabit a shanty.

noun. A sailor′s work song.

noun. A roughly-built hut or cabin.

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

noun. An unlicenced pub.

adjective. Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.

verb. To inhabit a shanty.

noun. a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors

noun. small crude shelter used as a dwelling

"He crossed the open glade, was, nearly at the shanty, when he heard voices -- loud, coarse voices -- _coming from his shanty_."

sly grog-shanty  

shanty town  

work song  

Auntie  Chianti  Santy  ante  anti  

barn  barrack  building  bungalow  corral  

Nissen hut  Quonset hut  booth  box  cabin