26984 words

shanty

3 definitions • 1 example
1
a small house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live, especially on the edge of a city
2
a song that sailors sang in the past while they were working on a ship
3
a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood, metal, or cardboard, in which poor people live:

Examples:

He lived in a little shanty in the desert, miles from anything else.

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