DCHP-3

shantying

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

living and working in a shanty (def. 2a).

Quotations

1824
Such is the usual routine of what is called Shantying in Canada, and such is the plan followed by those who take out squared Timber.
1883
John, after an experience of thirty years shantying in this country, could go blindfold through its most intricate windings.
1947
Nowadays pie forms a standard part of at least two meals a day in most lumber camps, but all these varieties of food have been introduced since the early days of shantying in the Park.