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shanty lad
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a man who lived and worked in a shanty (def. 2a).
Quotations
1903
On the break-up in the spring, Goarden followed "the drive" down to Quebec, where, true to the practice of the average "shanty lad" . . . he had gone on a spree.
1964
The raw shanty lad . . . came out of the backwoods of Quebec at the age of 14. . . .