Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 7 compound words that contain shanty. The most common are listed below. Open shanty in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- Big ShantyFormer name of Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, until 1887.
- shanty townAn area, such as a suburb, consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people.
- sea shantyA work song that sailors historically sang in rhythm to their movement.
- shanty townsplural of shanty town: An area, such as a suburb, consisting of mean, roughly-constructed dwellings inhabited by poor people.
- sugar shantySynonym of sugarhouse: A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados.
- claim shantyA house hastily built on a piece of land in order to legalize a claim to the land.
- shanty backA small, rough, and temporary dwelling or shelter, often built by miners or workers in a mining camp.
- shanty backsplural of shanty back: A small, rough, and temporary dwelling or shelter, often built by miners or workers in a mining camp.
- grog shantyA groggery.
- shanty boyA young lumberjack.
- shanty boysplural of shanty boy: A young lumberjack.
- shanty-keeperOne who manages, oversees, or resides in a shanty.
- shanty-keepersplural of shanty-keeper: One who manages, oversees, or resides in a shanty.
Compound words 7
- shantytownAn area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
- shantylikeResembling or characteristic of a shanty.
- shantymanThe sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
- shantytownsplural of shantytown: An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.
- shantymenplural of shantyman: The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
- shantyboyAlternative form of shanty boy: A young lumberjack.
- shantyboysplural of shantyboy: A young lumberjack.