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shantyboy

shantyboy is the alternative form of shanty boy.

Meaning of shanty boy

Noun

shanty boy (plural shanty boys)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A young lumberjack.

Forms of shantyboy

pluralshantyboys

Questions about shantyboy

What is shantyboy the alternative form of?
Shantyboy is the alternative form of shanty boy.

Words near shantyboy in the dictionary

  1. shanty boys
  2. shanty town
  3. shanty towns
  4. shanty-keeper
  5. shanty-keepers
  6. shantyboy
  7. shantyboys
  8. shantying
  9. shantylike
  10. shantyman
  11. shantymen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shantyboy (page history and authors); shanty boy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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