hootenanny
noun
a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.
hootenannies
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pluralof hootenanny.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His older sister, Bernice, hosted the Ash Grove’s predecessors — the famed hootenannies — at her home in the early 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
“We had hootenannies in the apartments, 30 people sitting around singing songs by the Kingston Trio and Joan Baez.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2019
The basement was where they had their hootenannies, singing songs for hard times and hammering Hitler.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2014
Dylan was especially fond of the afternoon hootenannies, calling the potpourri of performers an "extravaganza of patchwork."
From US News ● Aug. 1, 2014
There are. in fact, so many active professional folk singers that hootenannies often turn into games of king-of-the-mountain. as eager youth, male and female, storms the stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
