English-Finnish translations for shanty

Definition of shanty

• A roughly-built hut or cabin
• A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned
• An unlicensed pub
• Living in '''shanties'''; poor, ill-mannered and violent
• To inhabit a shanty
• A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work
• Jaunty; showy

Examples

• That neighborhood is full of shanty Irishmen

Related words

• shantytown
• shanty town
• shanty choir
• sea shanty