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shanty-boy Hist.

• n. a man who lived and worked in a shanty (def. 2a).

  See also: shanty ((n.)) (def. 2a)  shantyman (def. 1)  

  • 1850, 1960  . . . Give the shanty boys whiskey and nothing goes wrong.
  • 1912  Luke Hanley and his companions . . . chatted for a time with "shanty-boys" met during former winters in the woods. . . .
  • 1963  Thus the shantyboys preserved and spread folk songs of many types. . . .