shantyl (shanti)

[Also shawnty, shunty; var. of janty, jaunty, q. v.] Jaunty; gay; showy. [Prov. Eng.] shanty2 (shan'ti), n.; pl. shanties (-tiz). [Formerly also shantee; origin obscure. It has been variously gue ed to be ( a ) of Ir. origin, This was the second season that le Bourdon had occupied "Castle Meal," as he himself called the shanty. Cooper , Oak Openings, p. 26. The diamond town of Kim berley is still a huge aggregation of shanties traversed by tramways and lit by electric light. Sir C. W. Dilke , Probs. of Greater Britain, iii. 1. 2. A public house, or place where liquor is sold. [Slang.]-Sly grog-shanty, a place where liquor is sold without a license. [Slang, Australia.] shanty2 (shan'ti), v. i.; pret. and pp. shantied, ppr. shanty ing. [