shant

noun

1. (Ireland, UK, slang)A drink, usually a pint.

   “If yez is smart yer will take out enough for a shant and some fun, enough to buy yer missus or yer tart a new dress, enough to put shoes on yer sister's weans, even, but leave the rest under yer feet for the next day, an' the day arter that.”

   “Welcoming Captain St Claire, Prince Rupert ordered him a shant of dark porter and called upon him to speak of his travels.”

   “Well, if you're willing to sub me a shant of bivvy, then I'll tell ya”

2. (Ireland, UK)A shack or shanty.

   “Why, I wouldn't swap this old wrack of a shant , ez I've called it, with the treasures it contains to-day, for al the bloomin'est bloomed mansions that ever stood on the face of the earth.”

   “I clapped Ehren on the shoulder and went away to stare broodingly upon that cramph of a shant.”

   “I'd rather deliver in the Glossop Grubber than that apology for a shant.”

3. (East-Midlands, UK, dated, slang)A place such as a house or other dwelling. The word is effectively confined to the phrase all over the shant.

   “He's spilt it all over t' shant.”