Lexicographical Neighbors of Shantymen
Literary usage of Shantymen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1891)
"Food intended for the shantymen was exclusively bought m cities, and consisted
of salt pork and beans. As clearings allowed settlers to establish themselves ..."
2. The Labour Gazette by Canada Dept. of Labour (1903)
"The winter's operations of cutting have been begun ill the woods, in spite of
the unprecedented difficulty of securing shantymen, who, in the Ottawa ..."
3. Shanty, Forest and River Life in the Backwoods of Canada by Joshua Fraser (1883)
"The time and trouble involved on their part would be very small indeed compared
with the incalculable benefit, both moral and pecuniary, to the shantymen. ..."
4. The Quebec Law Digest: Being a Complete Compilation of All the Reported by Charles Henry Stephens (1878)
"shantymen.—Lumbermen or shantymen employed in the woods in Canada have no right
of retention or lien byway of seizure, privilege or right, ..."
5. The Man from Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor (1901)
"... X THE HOME-COMING OF THE shantymen For some weeks Ranald was not seen by any
one belonging to the manse. Hughie reported that he was not at church, ..."
6. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1906)
"In the winter of 1900-1 it appeared in the lumber shanties of New Ontario, having
been brought there by shantymen from Michigan, one man, to my personal ..."
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