as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling lived just off the beach in a crude shanty

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Recent Examples of shanty But the second movement unlocked the rhetorical qualities essential to Beethoven’s self-referential classic — the striding melody dissipating into a whisper, squirrelly strings introducing a minor-key woodwind shanty, a coda that seemed to shrug genially. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2024 The Connecticut Sea Music Festival brings shanties and more to Essex, and Connecticut Virtuosi and guest artists are telling the history of Brazil with music and dance. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024 Only big enough to fit a few people, Verdugo and the rest of his family would rotate in and out of the shanty during fishing trips for walleye, northern pike, perch and bass. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024 Most of the mining towns in the area were just tent camps or shanty towns that wouldn’t last more than a year or two. Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for shanty 
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Noun
  • Observants build and dwell in a sukkah (a temporary hut) and wave the lulav and etrog (a palm frond and citrus fruit).
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Punch holes in the sides of Styrofoam huts or vinyl covers if needed.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Instead, such measures will disrupt our economy, raise our living costs, create internment camps to hold immigrants in the U.S. because receiving countries will not accept them, and fuel instability abroad, leading to even more immigration pressures at our borders.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Down on the Cape: Cape towns are known for salty air, clam shacks and lighthouses, but there’re also great locales for shopping days.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Their luck is about to run out, though: Egg spots the pilot at the fritter shack, and when Yancy confronts Eve at the bank, a bunch of cops pull up, and Eve accuses Yancy of shooting Egg and stabbing Nick.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The company’s vehicles can carry four adults and luggage comfortably, and the small shuttles feature calming lighting, ambient music and interior cameras to monitor what’s happening inside the cabin.
    Lora Kolodny,Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Boaters also have the option of adding on a camper canvas, which can help keep the cabin comfy when the weather isn’t ideal.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Shanty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanty. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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