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shanty

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shanty1

▶noun (pl. shanties) a small, crudely built shack.

– origin C19: perh. from Canad. Fr. chantier ‘lumberjack's cabin, logging camp’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shanty2 (Brit. also sea shanty; archaic or US chantey or chanty)

▶noun (pl. shanties) a song with alternating solo and chorus, of a kind originally sung by sailors working together.

– origin C19: prob. from Fr. chantez! ‘sing!’, imper. pl. of chanter.

'shanty' also found in these Oxford entries:

bustee - chantey - chanty - favela - shanty town

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