chanty

[ shan-tee, chan- ]

noun

, plural chant·ies.

1. a variant of shanty ²( def ).

chanty

/ ˈtʃæn-; ˈʃæntɪ /

noun

1. a variant of shanty 2

Example Sentences

From without came the low lapping of the tide, and from over the water a sailor's chanty from the barque.

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Whistling cheerily, a rollicking chanty of the sea to which his feet kept time, he walked briskly along.

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But the selectman hummed an old sea chanty while he hunted for a blank, and smiled as he penned the document.

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I find a great difference between the old-fashioned chanty man and the modern seaman who never sings at his work.

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All the crew were aboard and a knot of swaying bodies turned the windlass to the rhythm of a muttered chanty.

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