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claim shanties

claim shanties is the plural of claim shanty.

Meaning of claim shanty

Noun

claim shanty (plural claim shanties)

  1. A house hastily built on a piece of land in order to legalize a claim to the land.

Questions about claim shanties

What is claim shanties the plural of?
Claim shanties is the plural of claim shanty.

Words near claim shanties in the dictionary

  1. claim form
  2. claim forms
  3. claim jumper
  4. claim jumpers
  5. Claim of Right
  6. claim shanties
  7. claim shanty
  8. claim someone's life
  9. claim to fame
  10. claim-jumping
  11. claimability

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