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chantey

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chan·tey also chan·ty  (shnt, chn-) or shan·tey or shan·ty (shnt)
n. pl. chan·teys also chan·ties or shan·teys or shan·ties
A song sung by sailors to the rhythm of their movements while working.
[Probably from French chantez, imperative pl. of chanter, to sing, from Old French; see chant.]
chantey [ˈʃæntɪ ˈtʃæn-]
n pl -teys
(Music, other) the usual US spelling of shanty2
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Noun1.chantey - a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
chanty, sea chantey, shanty
work song - a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work
Translations
chantey [ˈʃæntɪ] N (US) → saloma f


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Danny Deever,' 'Pharaoh and the Sergeant,' 'Fuzzy Wuzzy,' 'The Ballad of East and West,' 'The Last Chantey,' 'Mulholland's Contract,' and many others, are splendidly stirring, but their colloquialism and general realism put them on a very different level from the work of the great masters who express the deeper truths in forms of permanent beauty.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
A big Hamburger was leaving Pont Levis and her crew, unshipping the platform railings, began to sing "Elsinore"--the oldest of our chanteys.
Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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