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hootenanny

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hoot⋅en⋅an⋅ny

  [hoot-n-an-ee, hoot-nan-]
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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; orig. uncert.
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hoot·en·an·ny   (hōōt'n-ān'ē)   
n.   pl. hoot·en·an·nies

  1. An informal performance by folk singers, typically with participation by the audience.

  2. Informal An unidentified or unidentifiable gadget.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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