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chantey

[ shan-tee, chan- ]

noun

, plural chant·eys.
  1. a variant of shanty 2.


chantey

/ ˈtʃæn-; ˈʃæntɪ /

noun

  1. the usual US spelling of shanty 2


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Example Sentences

The black chantey-man answered and joined Jones, and the mate mustered representatives of four continents as he drawled, “Valdez!”

Voices rippled from chantey to roundelay and back to chantey again.

The old mans chantey—it now had to do with one Old Stormy, alleged to be dead and gone—promptly ceased.

So intent had he been that he had quite failed to notice the cessation of the old cooks chantey.

Now, I say that Czerny's men were firing rifle-shots at the anchored schooner, and that sound was a true chantey for our ears.

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