shanty

Jaunty; gay; showy.

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

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.

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.

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

Jaunty; showy.

To inhabit a shanty.

A sailor′s work song.