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hootenanny

[hoot-n-an-ee, hoot-nan-] Origin

hoot·en·an·ny

[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; origin uncertain
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Hootenanny is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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hootenanny or hootnanny (ˈhuːtəˌnænɪ, ˈhuːtˌnænɪ)
 
n , pl -nies
1.  an informal performance by folk singers
2.  chiefly (US) something the name of which is unspecified or forgotten
 
[C20: of unknown origin]
 
hootnanny or hootnanny
 
n
 
[C20: of unknown origin]

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