Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shanty

Shanty , adjective

Jaunty; showy. [Provincial English]

Shanty (#) , noun

[Said to be from Ir. sean old + tig. a house.]

A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.

Shanty , intransitive verb

To inhabit a shanty. — S. H. Hammond