shantyboat
River dwelling vessel
A shantyboat is a small, crudely built houseboat, typically a flat-bottomed craft with a cabin fashioned from scrap materials.
Shantyboats were once common along American rivers, housing itinerant workers, fishermen, and people living on society's margins: They spent three years drifting down the Mississippi on a shantyboat.
Barbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- currentDirected flow of charge
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- tributaryStream entering larger river
delta · floodplain · meander · backwater · bayou · slough · oxbow · sandbar
Watercraft serving as home
- bargeFlat freight vessel
- skiffSmall, light rowing boat
- raftFlat water conveyance
- scowFlat-bottomed cargo vessel
pontoon · dinghy · rowboat · flatboat · johnboat · riverboat · canoe · dugout
Southern state or major river
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
- folkRegular common people
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- American SouthSoutheastern United States region
river people · Ohio River · delta blues · poverty · marginalized · outsider · countercultural · bohemian
Economical resource management
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- modestLacking in pretension
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- basicFundamental in nature
essentials · makeshift · resourceful · self-sufficient · off-grid · unpretentious · humble · economical
catfish
Barbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
tributary · delta · floodplain · meander · backwater · bayou · slough · oxbow · sandbar · riverbank
houseboat
Watercraft serving as home
scow · pontoon · dinghy · rowboat · flatboat · johnboat · riverboat · canoe · dugout · pirogue
Mississippi
Southern state or major river
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
- folkRegular common people
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
river people · American South · Ohio River · delta blues · poverty · marginalized · outsider · countercultural · bohemian · waterfront
frugality
Economical resource management
- minimalismAesthetic of reduction
- modestLacking in pretension
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
basic · essentials · makeshift · resourceful · self-sufficient · off-grid · unpretentious · humble · economical · bare-bones
cabin
Simple wooden dwelling
quarters · berth · galley · woodstove · cramped · makeshift · ramshackle · weathered · tin roof · patchwork
drifter
Aimless, rootless traveler
wanderer · rootless · floating · migratory · unsettled · free-roaming · untethered · river rat · squatter · hobo
- boatsship, canoe, kayak, yacht, ferry
- Floating Dwellingshouseboat, liveaboard, narrowboat, boatel, sampan
shantyboatyacht
Large pleasure vessel
luxury yacht · superyacht · motor yacht · cabin cruiser · ocean liner
shanty, boat, shanties, boats, boated, boating, boatman, boatmen, boathouse