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shanty lad 
a man who lived and worked in a shanty (def. 2a).
See also: shanty ((n.)) (def. 2a) shantyman (def. 1)
- 1903 On the break-up in the spring, Goarden followed "the drive" down to Quebec, where, true to the practice of the average "shanty lad" . . . he had gone on a spree.
- 1964 The raw shanty lad . . . came out of the backwoods of Quebec at the age of 14. . . .
- 1903 On the break-up in the spring, Goarden followed "the drive" down to Quebec, where, true to the practice of the average "shanty lad" . . . he had gone on a spree.