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Meanings of chantey in English

A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.

Usage of chantey in English
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Why don't you sing a chantey over me, I want to know?
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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Gallowglass was crooning a sea chantey in the château's great hall.
The Book of Life
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Jessie could hear the gay lilt of the chantey that heralded their coming:
Man-Size
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Young Jerry only was to be seen, sitting on the cabin step and singing the ancient chantey.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
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I struck up the first verse of a sailor chantey as possessing at least the interest of novelty:
Arizona Nights
6
The voice of the mate, the chantey of the crew heaving at the capstan bars, came to Rhoda subdued:
Java Head
7
The leader begins something like this, using, perhaps, the air and refrain of an old chantey or college song.
On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
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Strike up the chantey.
Daughter of the Sun / A Tale of Adventure
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For Old Jerry had been a sailor, and had followed the sea till middle life, haunted always by the words of the ringing chantey.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
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He used to sing merrily a song which was a real canal-chantey, one of the several I heard, the words of which ran like this:
Vandemark's Folly
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There were choruses of old river chanteys while the men waited for the sleds.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
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The men's voices lent themselves well to the weird minor strains of the chanteys.
The Blazed Trail
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And Mr. Kipling's The Last Chantey:
The Principles of English Versification
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"I don't remember," I replied; "it is a common enough deep-sea chantey."
Arizona Nights
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"Did any of those chanteys sound like this..." I hummed the tune.
The Angel Stone
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All about them now, the smiths were beating out old chanteys on the ancient anvils and the newer, clashing machines.
Hunters Out of Space
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