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[hoot-n-an-ee, hoot-nan-]
–noun, plural -nies.
| 1. | a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing. |
| 2. | an informal session at which folk singers and instrumentalists perform for their own enjoyment. |
| 3. | Older Use. a thingumbob. |
Origin:
1910–15; orig. uncert.
1910–15; orig. uncert.

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hootenanny
"informal session of folk musicians," 1940, Amer.Eng., earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin.
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