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shanty(2) (iou) and prize(1) (iou)


shanty(2) (iou)



shanty noun1 & verb. E19.
[Perh. from Canad. French chantier a lumberjack's log cabin or logging camp.]
A. noun.
a. A temporary, poor, or roughly built dwelling; a cabin, a hut. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
R. Campbell One tin shanty of a so-called 'Hotel'.
b. A lumberjack's log cabin; a logging camp. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
A public house, esp. an illicit or unlicensed one. Austral. & NZ. M19.
Comb.: shanty Irish adjective & noun (US, derog.) (a) adjective of or belonging to people of Irish descent in poor circumstances; (b) noun shanty Irish people collectively; shantyman (chiefly N. Amer.) a lumberjack; shanty town a poor or depressed area of a city or town, consisting of shanties.
b. verb intrans.
Live in a shanty or temporary log hut. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
Drink frequently or habitually at a shanty or public house. Austral. L19.

prize(1) (iou)



prize noun1 & adjective. As noun also (earlier) price, prise. See also PRICE noun. ME.
[Var. of PRICE noun.]
A. noun.
I.
A reward as a symbol of victory or superiority in a contest or competition. Also, a reward given in recognition of some non-competitive achievement. ME.
booby prize, consolation prize, etc. Nobel prize, Pulitzer prize, etc.
Glasgow Herald He won first prize in..a model-making competition. E. Blishen In a grammar school, prizes are plotted for, swotted for, expected. Journal of Navigation The Daily Mail had offered a prize of 10,000 for the first successful transatlantic crossing.
Something (as a sum of money or a valuable object) that can be won in a Lottery or Other game of chance. M16.
H. Allen An official Lottery with several very large prizes.
fig.
a. An advantage, a privilege; something highly valued. Long rare. L16.
b. Anything striven for or worth striving for. E17.
A. Bevan Material Success..is the prize awarded by society to the individual who has served it best.
II. See PRICE noun.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
To or for which a prize is awarded; fig. supreme, outstanding, unrivalled. L18.
J. H. B. Peel The owners of prize bulls will not accept responsibility if the brass band suddenly lets-go. M. Tripp I've been made a fool, a prize bloody fool.
That is given as a prize. M19.
Comb.: prize-giving an award of prizes, esp. a formal one at a school etc.; prize-list noun1 a list of people winning prizes; prizeman a winner of a prize, esp. a specified academic one; prize-money noun1 money constituting a prize or prizes.
prizeless adjective not having won a prize L19.
prizeworthy adjective M17.