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From: "Andy Horton" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [EPNL] Shanty
> Hello,
>
> There does not seem to many words in common English use that come from the
> Celtic languages. This one seem to have a good case? although the Shorter
> Oxford has:
>
> shanty | anti | n.1 & v. E19. [Perh. f. Canad. Fr. chantier a
> lumberjack's log cabin or logging camp.] A n. 1 a A temporary, poor, or
> roughly built dwelling; a cabin, a hut. Chiefly N. Amer. E19. b A
> lumberjack's log cabin; a logging camp. Chiefly N. Amer. E19. 2 A public
> house, esp. an illicit or unlicensed one. Austral. & NZ. M19.
> 1a R. CAMPBELL One tin shanty of a so-called 'Hotel'.
> Comb.: shanty Irish a. & n. (US, derog.) (a)adj. of or belonging to people
> of Irish descent in poor circumstances; (b)n. shanty Irish people
> collectively; shantyman (chiefly N. Amer.) a lumberjack; shanty town a
poor
> or depressed area of a city or town, consisting of shanties.
> B v.i. 1 Live in a shanty or temporary log hut. Chiefly N. Amer. E19. 2
> Drink frequently or habitually at a shanty or public house. Austral. L19.
>
Also a sailors' song?
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