shanty

Example Sentences

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OSHKOSH, Wis.—Peter and Lisa Smith sit inside a fishing shanty on the frozen waters of Lake Winnebago and stare for hours into the murky depths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The blaze broke out in the early hours of the morning in Guryong village, often described as one of the South Korean capital's last remaining shanty towns.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Despite the archaic language, it has the simplicity of a sea shanty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"My family has been torn apart," Ms Khatun says, as she sits in her parent's one-room shanty in West Bengal.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The headlights fell on a shanty of unpainted wood, patched at the bot-tom with a rusting Dr Pepper sign.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin