plural shanties
: a small crudely built dwelling or shelter usually of wood
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Noun (2)
lived just off the beach in a crude shanty
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Behind her, a cluster of pastel shanties houses Rain Barrel Village, an open-air market and artist haven for more than 40 years.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
Other communities, like the one in Windsor, have phone shanties for community use.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Exporting nations, including Canada and Argentina as well as the U.S., enjoyed an unprecedented boom during and after World War I.
Across the Midwest, tens of thousands of new houses and barns were built to replace the shanties built by the first European settlers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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Noun
Ygot said the death toll in Bogo was expected to rise as workers rushed heavy equipment to a mountain village where a landslide buried shanties and boulders blocked rescue efforts.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Behind her, a cluster of pastel shanties houses Rain Barrel Village, an open-air market and artist haven for more than 40 years.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
Other communities, like the one in Windsor, have phone shanties for community use.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Exporting nations, including Canada and Argentina as well as the U.S., enjoyed an unprecedented boom during and after World War I.
Across the Midwest, tens of thousands of new houses and barns were built to replace the shanties built by the first European settlers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
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“Shanty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shanty. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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