Shanty may refer to:
Buildings and developments
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Ice shanty
An ice shanty (also called an ice shack, ice house, fishing shanty, fish house, fish coop, bobhouse, ice hut, or darkhouse) is a portable shed placed on a frozen lake to provide shelter during ice fishing. They can be as small and cheap as a plas ...
, a portable shed placed on a frozen lake
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Shack
A shack (or, in some areas, shanty) is a type of small shelter or dwelling, often primitive or rudimentary in design and construction.
Unlike huts, shacks are constructed by hand using available materials; however, whereas huts are usually ru ...
or shanty, improvised housing, a type of primitive dwelling
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Shanty town, a settlement of shacks or shanties
Geography
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Shanty Bay
Oro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County.
The two neighbouring townships of Oro and Medonte were merged in 1994, under a restructuring of Simcoe County. It is divide ...
, in the Oro-Medonte township in south-central Ontario, Canada
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Shanty Hollow Lake
Shanty Hollow Lake is a reservoir mostly in Warren County, Kentucky, but also extending into Edmonson County. It was constructed in 1951. The lake is located approximately north of Bowling Green and is used for fishing. Fish which may be taken ...
, a reservoir located in Warren County and Edmonson County, Kentucky
Music
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Sea shanty
A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty () is a genre of traditional Folk music, folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large Merchant vessel, merchant Sailing ship, sailing vessels. The term ''shanty ...
, a type of shipboard work-song
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"Shanty" (Jonathan Edwards song), 1971
Other uses
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Shanty Hogan
James Francis "Shanty" Hogan (March 21, 1906 – April 7, 1967) was an American professional baseball player.[Shanty Irish ''Lace curtain Irish'' and ''shanty Irish'' are terms that were commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to categorize Irish people, particularly Irish Americans, by social class. The "lace curtain Irish" were those who were well off, while the ...]
, 19th and 20th century term to categorize poor Irish people, particularly Irish Americans
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Sly-grog shop
A sly-grog shop (or shanty) is an Australian term for an unlicensed hotel, liquor-store or other vendor, sometimes with the added suggestion of selling poor-quality alcoholic beverages. From the time of the First World War to the 1950s Australia ...
or shanty, an Australian term for an unlicensed hotel or liquor-store
* Shanty, a character in the video game ''
Them's Fightin' Herds
''Them's Fightin' Herds'' is an indie fighting game developed by Mane6 and published by Maximum Games. It features a cast of all-female ungulate characters fighting each other to find a champion worthy of gaining a magical key that will protect ...
''.
See also
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Shandy
Shandy is beer or cider mixed with a lemon or a lemon-lime flavored beverage. The citrus beverage, often called lemonade, may or may not be carbonated. The proportions of the two ingredients are adjusted to taste but are usually half lemonade ...
, beer mixed with a soft drink
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Shanti (disambiguation)
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