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chantey

American  
[shan-tee, chan-] / ˈʃæn ti, ˈtʃæn- /

noun

plural

chanteys

  1. a variant of shanty.

chantey British  
/ ˈtʃæn-, ˈʃæntɪ /

noun

  1. the usual US spelling of shanty 2

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And you can bet we’ll be singing a sea chantey in his honor when it happens.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

In Week 1420, prompted by the TikTok sea chantey craze, we asked for songs about a particular job, or to work by.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2021

The way he punches certain words gives his speech the inexhaustible quality of a sea chantey.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

Also Eddie Vedder’s pro-Cubs sea chantey is fantastic.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 1, 2018

Just thinking about it prompted Penelope to start humming the wordless little sea chantey that Simon had been whistling earlier.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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