Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dialectal, obsolete)A young lumberjack.

Origin

From shanty + boy, from Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”).

From shanty + boy, from Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”).

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Forms

plural: shanty boys

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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