chantey

[ shan-tee, chan- ]

noun

, plural chant·eys.

1. a variant of shanty ².

chantey

/ ˈtʃæn-; ˈʃæntɪ /

noun

1. See shanty
   the usual US spelling of shanty 2

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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