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Recent Examples of shanty
Check out Fishtown, home to historic fishing shanties that now house cool small businesses.
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Katy Spratte Joyce,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
His voice conjured cannons and sea shanties.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
That greenway was actually a redevelopment in the early 1900s of a bunch of shanties and businesses that were using Cherry Creek for waste dumping.
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Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2026
From an assessment of Stipe’s fecund beard, the two moved on to the subject of ship captains and sea shanties.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for shanty
Katy Spratte Joyce,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
His voice conjured cannons and sea shanties.
—
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
That greenway was actually a redevelopment in the early 1900s of a bunch of shanties and businesses that were using Cherry Creek for waste dumping.
—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2026
From an assessment of Stipe’s fecund beard, the two moved on to the subject of ship captains and sea shanties.
—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for shanty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shanty
Noun
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In the summer, the huts are staffed and the meals are famously hearty.
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Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
Noun
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In 2015, he was charged in Amador County in connection with a strip poker game at a youth camp, ultimately pleading no contest two years later to providing alcohol to a minor.
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Some of them have been training together for nearly two months because Aguirre arranged a monthlong training camp ahead of the World Cup.
Noun
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Also south of downtown, but closer to the Mississippi, Minnehaha Regional Park offers a shady respite anchored by its namesake 53-foot waterfall (and on-site seasonal seafood shack, Sea Salt).
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Police said two Mozambican men were killed during violence in late May in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Western Cape, where more than 50 shacks in an informal settlement were burned.
Noun
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Beneath the cabin’s modest character is a geothermal system, which uses the steady temperature of the ground to help heat and cool the home.
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When tragedy struck, the couple was at their own cabin, while Brooke and Blair were staying with their grandparents Mike, 77, and Charlene Harber, 75, at a friend's place a couple of doors down.
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“Shanty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanty. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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