DCHP-2
chantie-man Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a man who lived and worked in a shanty (def. 2a).
See also: shanty ((n.)) (def. 2a) shantyman
- 1823 . . . I think you will agree with . . . an old Ottawa River Chantie-man. . . .
- 1824 Should these Chanty men happen to meet with a grove of Timber . . . they will cut it down without remorse.
- 1823 . . . I think you will agree with . . . an old Ottawa River Chantie-man. . . .