shanty-keeper

There was an old villain of a shanty-keeper that lived on a back creek.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

This is none other than the shanty-keeper, who, having observed Jimmy's manoeuvre in the distance, has taken a short cut through the bush in order to intercept him.

The Captain of the Polestar and other Tales 1894

Jack hadn't seen Peter give the shanty-keeper the five-pound note.

Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

"I do," said the shanty-keeper, who had a generous supply of whisky with him, and seemed to have begun to fill himself up for the trip.

Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

Where the idle shanty-keeper never fails to make a draw,

In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses Henry Lawson 1894

As the wagonette started, the shanty-keeper -- a fat, soulless-looking man -- put his hand in his pocket and dropped a quid into the hat which was still going round, in the hands of the Giraffe's mate, little Teddy

Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

This is none other than the shanty-keeper, who, having observed

The Captain of the Polestar Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

There was an old villain of a shanty-keeper that lived on a back creek.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

Grimes, the shanty-keeper, where we met the young Dalys, and others of the same sort -- talked a good deal of nonsense and gossip; what was worse played at all-fours and euchre, which we had learned from an American harvest hand, at one of the large farms.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

"See here," said the cannibalistic individual to the driver, in the tone of a man who has made up his mind for a row, "has that shanty-keeper got

Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson 1894