DCHP-3

chantie-man

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a man who lived and worked in a shanty (def. 2a).

See: shanty ((n.))(def. 2a),shantyman

Quotations

1823
. . . I think you will agree with . . . an old Ottawa River Chantie-man. . . .
1824
Should these Chanty men happen to meet with a grove of Timber . . . they will cut it down without remorse.