Meanings of wretched shanty in English

Cuddy lived in a wretched shanty near the Don, north of Toronto.

Why, when there's a hundred and one things to do around this wretched shanty?

He ensconced himself in a wretched shanty, and barred the door, figuratively, against all the world.

As strangely as she had appeared, the Malay withdrew into her wretched shanty and closed the door.

The next important item required was water, and of this there was plenty in that wretched shanty!

He frowned at the wretched shanty, evidently an abandoned Belt Line section house, which Peterson used for headquarters.

On the deck of the wretched shanty boat, this time, a man and a woman were waiting with burning impatience.

Almost recklessly, because his bright robes advertised him everywhere, he and his helpers slipped into the wretched shanty-villages to encourage the labourers to organise.

The Irishmen were glad to build our railroads at sixty cents a day, dwelling in wretched shanties, and living on very coarse fare.