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Meanings of sea chantey in English

A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "shanty"
        Examples for "shanty"
        1
        The shanty rocked in the wind like the cradle of a child.
        Tess of the Storm Country
        2
        From the interior of the shanty behind there came a similar chorus.
        The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
        3
        The answering voice was the voice of the man of the shanty.
        Despair's Last Journey
        4
        The Siner home was a three-room shanty about midway in the semicircle.
        Birthright: A Novel
        5
        The gnawing still went on behind the old shanty by the river.
        Wood Folk at School
        1
        The chanty-man was a distinguished person whom it was impolitic to ignore.
        Windjammers and Sea Tramps
        2
        Strike up any sort of sailor's chanty when we're in the restaurant.
        One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York
        3
        After paying actual expenses, Mr. Stephen, however, handed the surplus to a chanty.
        The History of Tasmania, Volume I
        4
        A Japanese tune rises like a sailors' chanty from the band.
        A Second Book of Operas
        5
        For a quick pulling chanty we often use this one:
        The Dead Men's Song / Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscen...
        1
        Why don't you sing a chantey over me, I want to know?
        Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
        2
        Gallowglass was crooning a sea chantey in the château's great hall.
        The Book of Life
        3
        Jessie could hear the gay lilt of the chantey that heralded their coming:
        Man-Size
        4
        Young Jerry only was to be seen, sitting on the cabin step and singing the ancient chantey.
        Dutch Courage and Other Stories
        5
        I struck up the first verse of a sailor chantey as possessing at least the interest of novelty:
        Arizona Nights
        Usage of sea chantey in English
        1
        Gallowglass was crooning a sea chantey in the château's great hall.
        The Book of Life
        2
        "I don't remember," I replied; "it is a common enough deep- sea chantey."
        Arizona Nights
        3
        "Limber up and give us a good old deep- sea chantey!"
        Daughter of the Sun / A Tale of Adventure
        4
        "Chesapeake Bay sea chanteys-thecassette was in your truck."
        Joe Burke's Last Stand