Shan"ty (?), a. Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]

Shan"ty, n.;pl. Shanties (#). [Said to be fr. Ir. sean old + tig. a house.] A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

Shan"ty, v. i. To inhabit a shanty. S. H. Hammond.

Shan"ty (?), a. Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]

Shan"ty, n.;pl. Shanties (#). [Said to be fr. Ir. sean old + tig. a house.] A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

Shan"ty, v. i. To inhabit a shanty. S. H. Hammond.

• An old run-down house or shack.
  
• Sailors' work song.
  
• Pejorative term used on early (mid 1800's), poor, Irish immigrants to USA
       
• That neighborhood is full of shanty Irishmen.