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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
1910–15; origin uncertain
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Hootenanny
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Word Origin & History
hootenanny
"informal session of folk musicians," 1940, Amer.Eng., earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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