chantant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chantant
1780–90; < French: present participle of chanter to sing; see chant
Example Sentences
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People came into the café chantant specially to hear her, and everyone was asking who that bonny, gipsy-looking girl was that sang the charming Creole melodies.
From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by Campbell, John
Et en chantant en l'air montoient Et puis l'un l'autre surmontoient A l'estriuee a qui mieulx mieulx.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
In the same neighbourhood is also a café chantant in the gardens.
From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
Le Chant du Départ" as well as he could for laughing: "La victoire en chantant nous ouvre la carrière!
From The Martian by Du Maurier, George
Again he heard his daughter's voice below, now singing a gay little French chanson, a song of the café chantant and of the Paris boulevards.
From The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime by Le Queux, William
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