shanty life

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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life in the shanties (def. 2a).

Quotations

1854

I . . . propose to give you a slight episode of shanty life. . . .

1891

"I haven't much fear of you, my boy . . . even if you do find shanty life a good deal rougher than you may have imagined."

1960

This violent reaction to freedom was accentuated by the strict regimen of shanty life.