shanty vs youth hostel

shanty

noun
  • A roughly-built hut or cabin. 

  • A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned. 

  • An unlicensed pub. 

  • A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work. 

verb
  • To inhabit a shanty. 

adj
  • Jaunty; showy. 

  • Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent. 

youth hostel

noun
  • An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people. 

How often have the words shanty and youth hostel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )