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A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
shanty
chantey
sea chantey
1
The
chanty
-
man
was a distinguished person whom it was impolitic to ignore.
2
Strike up any sort of sailor's
chanty
when we're in the restaurant.
3
After paying actual expenses, Mr. Stephen, however, handed the surplus to a
chanty
.
4
A Japanese tune rises like a sailors'
chanty
from the band.
5
For a quick pulling
chanty
we often use this one:
6
A famous capstan
chanty
is well known on land, whence, indeed, it originally came:
7
Sharkey could hear the hoarse voices of his rovers singing their
chanty
over the water.
8
Suddenly he began to croon a long-forgotten sailor's
chanty
.
9
A good pumping-out
chanty
after a storm is
10
Here is a heaving
chanty
,
or slow pull:
11
The gutter steams with the emptyings of
chanty
-
pots
.
12
Yet the unchanging repetition makes the work easier, as a sailor's
chanty
helps at the topsail halliards.
13
We hove up anchor to a jolly
chanty
,
and sailed out of Yokohama harbour for San Francisco.
14
On Xmas night it was kept up till 1 A.M., and no work is done without a
chanty
.
15
From without came the low lapping of the tide, and from over the water a sailor's
chanty
from the barque.
16
Indeed, his
"
chanty
began at home;" and it was so fond of its residence, that it stopped there.
chanty
burst a chanty
heave chanty
jolly chanty
know chanty