chantant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chantant
1780–90; < French: present participle of chanter to sing; see chant
Example Sentences
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Madeleine is half French: I knew her first when she was singing in a cafe chantant on the Champs Elysees.
From Nightfall by Anthony Pryde
"Why shouldn't we turn the tea-room into a café chantant?" she said.
From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by John Campbell
Mainly by means of three fancy fairs and a cafe chantant.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
In the same neighbourhood is also a café chantant in the gardens.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter And on her daughter 200 They wash their feet in soda water Et O ces voix d'enfants, chantant dans la coupole!
From The Waste Land by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
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