shanty in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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shanty in the PONS Dictionary

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He started a campaign of demolition, using bulldozers to demolish structures and clear shanty towns.
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However, shantymen more often adapted lyrics and themes from ballads and spliced them to existing shanty melodies and choruses.
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The shanty dwellers were the most serious problem.
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He was jailed for 18 years for orchestrating a mass disorder protesting the demolition of a shanty-town, a charge he vehemently denies.
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To live, the poor built shanty towns within easy commute to work.
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The move was intended to improve traffic flow on the road, and discourage shanties from coming up due to the smaller footpath.
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A shanty town is growing around the town and a wall is being built to separate the two towns.
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These short chants are often classed as sing-outs, but their form differs little from sheet shanties.
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One writer about shanties warned his readers that their lyrics, to landsmen, would probably appear as the veriest doggerel.
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Most shanty singing since the mid-20th century or earlier is considered to be in such a revival vein.
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