chanties
- plural of chanty.
Example Sentences
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It takes just a few props and a lot of gusto to depict the launching of the good 18th-century ship Hispaniola, along with some hearty sea chanties.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
She slips a CD of sea chanties into a player as she prepares a dinner of meatballs in the small galley below decks in the heart of Lady Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
They grow fast, much faster than chanterelles, and it’s likely they hadn’t even broken through the duff when the competition cleaned out the chanties a couple of days earlier.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2013
Mr. Waterson, a bass, possessed a robust, unaffected, pleasantly sandpapery voice that seemed made for sea chanties, which the group also sang.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2011
The rest of the crew was too busy shoveling herring into barrels while singing rhythmic sea chanties to even say good-bye.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
