English Explanatory Dictionary

shanty boy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A young lumberjack.

Word forms

shanty boy shanty boys shantyboy

Etymology

From shanty + boy, from Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”).

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