shanty
Example Sentences
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Surrounding the area are shanties painted in bright hues - red, blue, green and yellow - which sit one on top of the other like puzzle blocks in a lopsided Tetris game.
From BBC
Sara was thrust into the national spotlight when, in defence of shanty town dwellers, she punched a Davao sheriff in full view of TV news cameras.
From BBC
Despite the archaic language, it has the simplicity of a sea shanty.
Even in shanties and makeshift homes, residents pay huge rents.
From Barron's
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
