The little pine shanty on the corner lot served as a secret club for the kids. From LearnThat.org.
WAGNER: He became a different -- he was one of those what they refer to as shanty Irish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2002] Reference
People lived in shanty housing hey like in developing countries. From Wordnik.com. [Grannies rumble over Clinton, Obama] Reference
The people were living in shanty towns and the government had to ship water to the residents. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts: Garbage Warrior....Sustainable Housing] Reference
I lived for two months in a miserable shed they call a shanty, eaten up alive with mosquitoes. From Wordnik.com. [The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America] Reference
To reach his shanty from the Hill one had to pass through the Pit, and thither the three boys were bound. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter III] Reference
I recall your shanty at the back and many merry nights there. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
The strangest things in the shanty were the wide window-sills. From Wordnik.com. [A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays] Reference
So far as the music was concerned, a shanty was a song with a chorus. From Wordnik.com. [The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties] Reference
Her shanty was a refuge for the sick, blind, and maimed of her own people. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography] Reference
And all at once it seemed to him that town and the shanty were the two most desirable things in their future. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
When the sailing ship ruled the waters and the shanty was a living thing no one appears to have paid heed to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties] Reference
A chill wind was blowing, night was coming on, and the solitary telegraph operator who lived in the shanty was afraid of me. From Wordnik.com. [Hoboes That Pass in the Night] Reference
One collector labels the shanty 'The hog-eyed man,' and another goes still further wide of the mark by calling it 'The ox-eyed man.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties] Reference
Here, of course, in the shanty are the agates, and the carved work, and so forth, and so on, and you must buy something for a souvenir. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2] Reference
Yes, we lived in what they called a shanty car. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Frank Gilbert, Summer 1977. Interview H-0121. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
They now had to decide what kind of shanty they wanted. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
Does black Irish have anything to do with 'shanty' Irish?. From Wordnik.com. [Webb: Obama Has Roots In Appalachia] Reference
Loins: the "shanty" ref was a feeble pun re eddyfication. From Wordnik.com. [Quick crossword No 12,707] Reference
(also known as shanty towns or tent cities) that had begun to appear across the country. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
The gunslinger anchored their blanket above and below, fashioning a kind of shanty lean-to. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
He found the ten together, in high good humour, listening to a "shanty" sung by three of their number. From Wordnik.com. [For the term of his natural life] Reference
The sight of the "shanty" as they turned the corner near Luther's place brought a new train of thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
There was the harmony here in the "shanty" such as she coveted and strove in vain to establish in her own home. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
My close friends are scheming a proposal for an art shanty which is a little genius, and which I get to take part in. From Wordnik.com. [Brand New, You’re Retro « Inky] Reference
The Marshal started off in the direction of the "shanty". From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Crow, Detective] Reference
This startling announcement emptied the "shanty" in a hurry. From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
This is the shanty which is perhaps the best known among landsmen. From Wordnik.com. [The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties] Reference
"Just an ordinary timber raft with a 'shanty' and a tent on it, and --". From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
There was a sack of corn-meal in the "shanty," and a jug of maple syrup. From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
It was described as having a single "shanty," a tent, and a crew of three men. From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
The "shanty" had a door and three windows, and was in other ways made unusually comfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
As Billy Brackett walked towards the "shanty," there was a sudden commotion at its entrance. From Wordnik.com. [Raftmates A Story of the Great River] Reference
The Marshal started off in the direction of the "shanty" and suddenly a most astonishing thing happened. From Wordnik.com. [Anderson Crow, Detective] Reference
In the convexity of the arc, at that point most remote from the water, stands the cabin -- a log "shanty" with. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness] Reference
Sponsored by Jack's Sandwich shanty on Rte. 1 on the border of Rockland and Thomaston with a huge menu in a little red "shanty," and. From Wordnik.com. [Knox] Reference
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