Definitions | shanty |
| noun (shanties)
- An old run-down house or shack.
- Sailors' work song.
adjective (used with 'Irish')
- Pejorative term used on early (mid 1800's), poor, Irish immigrants to USA
- That neighborhood is full of Irishmen.
Etymology: From Irish, sean, old, and tigh, a house.
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