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shantyman 
1 n. Hist. a man who lived and worked in a shanty (def. 2a).
See also: shanty ((n.)) (def. 2a) shanty-boy chantie-man shanty lad
- 1824 You make a great fuss about the high price of labour, but you don't consider the high price the shanty men pay you for what you raise off your farms.
- 1896 Joe Veleau kept a hotel in the woods . . . patronized by shantymen.
- 1964 Equally significant . . . is the story of early roads by which shantymen reached their camboose camps.
2 n. a lay missionary belonging to the Shantymen's Christian Association, which carries out evangelical work among loggers and miners in bush camps across Canada.
See also: Shantyman missionary
- 1962 The firefighters' chief at Ignace [Ont.] did not need to think twice. "If they're shantymen, they can take care of themselves," he said.
- 1824 You make a great fuss about the high price of labour, but you don't consider the high price the shanty men pay you for what you raise off your farms.