shanty

Etymology 1
From. An alternative theory that the word derives from (meaning "old house") is not considered likely by lexicologists.
 * New Zealand from 1848.

Noun

 * 1) A roughly-built hut or cabin.
 * 2) * 1965 January, Stuart James, Angling′s New Gadgets, , |%22shanties%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Y3TtL6khFD&sig=UlZYSmCN3g4Foa3AGFFD8RZRGgs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fCVDULCVBO-4iAfj3YCwDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shanty%22|%22shanties%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 224,
 * The ice fishing shanty is not a necessity, but it does add to the comfort. A shanty can be any size or shape, four pieces of plywood banged together with a plywood roof, or as elaborate as one I was told about by a Minneapolis fisherman that has four rooms with gas heat and wall-to-wall carpeting.
 * 1) * 1999 January, Lawrence Pyne, In Vermont: Rental Shanties Give Hassle-Free Ice-Fishing, Field & Stream, |%22shanties%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Hc2I8ipIB2&sig=b0TiYGfyB7MDCZFldpuJxmYLd0E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jPlCUIgSqKKIB7XfgKAC&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shanty%22|%22shanties%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 78,
 * The solution is to use ice-fishing shacks, called shanties on Champlain. Every winter, veritable shanty towns spring up as safe ice develops, and their snug occupants harvest fresh meals of perch, pike, walleye, salmon, trout, and smelt without first being flash-frozen themselves.
 * 1) A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
 * 2)  An unlicensed pub.
 * The solution is to use ice-fishing shacks, called shanties on Champlain. Every winter, veritable shanty towns spring up as safe ice develops, and their snug occupants harvest fresh meals of perch, pike, walleye, salmon, trout, and smelt without first being flash-frozen themselves.
 * 1) A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
 * 2)  An unlicensed pub.
 * 1)  An unlicensed pub.
 * 1)  An unlicensed pub.
 * 1)  An unlicensed pub.
 * 1)  An unlicensed pub.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, , chýše
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: kuha kāinga
 * Plautdietsch: Schedd
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: palirong

Adjective

 * 1)  Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.

Usage notes
Applied to poor Irish immigrants, from the mid-1800s.

Verb

 * 1) To inhabit a shanty.

Etymology 2
From, imperative of.

Noun

 * 1)  A song sailors sing, especially in rhythm to work, to help coordinate hauling (pulling) at the same time, or to set the pace for continuous activities.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: моряшка песен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 船夫號子
 * Czech: námořnický popěvek
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Greek: ναυτικό τραγούδι
 * Italian:, celeuma, canto dei marinai
 * Maori: ruritai
 * Old English: sǣlēoþ
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: halukya

Adjective

 * 1) Jaunty; showy.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * A, a sailing song.