Topic: MUSIC
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | Canadian French |
| Origin: | chantier, from French, 'wooden support', from Latin cantherius 'trellis' |
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | chantey |
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shan‧ty
plural shanties [countable]
plural shanties [countable]1TBB a small, roughly built hut made from thin sheets of wood, tin, plastic etc that very poor people live in : Workers were living in tents and shanties.
Workers were living in tents and shanties.2 also sea shantyAPM a song sung by sailors in the past, as they did their work
