Definitions for "Shanty"
Keywords:  sung, sailors, song, sing, hattendorf
Work songs of sailors.
A ramshackle cabin or shack; also, a song sung by sailors.
A shipboard song, heard primarily on merchant ships during heavy work, such as turning the capstan or hoist ing a sail, to help coordinate the men's efforts and to pass the time. A designated chanteyman led the singing, and the crew joined in, the cadence varying according to the type of work being done. The custom dated from the 16th century. The word is said to come from the French chanter, "to sing". (King, Hattendorf & Estes, 1995)
Keywords:  jaunty, showy
Jaunty; showy.
Keywords:  shelter, dwelling, hut, crude, slight
A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Small building erected along right-of-way to provide shelter.
Keywords:  handy, corrugated, cheap, plywood, tin
a house you build yourself, usually out of cheap plywood / corrugated tin , or whatever you can find that's handy
Keywords:  inhabit
To inhabit a shanty.
Keywords:  caboose, slang, term
Slang term for a caboose.
Keywords:  camp, lumber, winter
a winter lumber camp