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Definition of Chanties
1. chanty [n] - See also: chanty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanties
Literary usage of Chanties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"Of the sheet, tack, and bowline chanties the oldest is Haul the Bowline, which
was certainly in use in the reign of Henry vm. It is still very popular, ..."
2. The Sea's Anthology: From the Earliest Times Down to the Middle of the by John Edward Patterson (1913)
"... chanties The gondoliers of Venice while away their long midnight hours on the
waters with the stanzas of Tasso. Fragments of Homer are sung by the Greek ..."
3. Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days: From Forecastle to Quarter-deck by John D. Whidden (1908)
"COTTON - SCREWING AND " chanties " ON NEW ORLEANS LEVEES AFTER a pleasant run of
six weeks with nothing of note occurring, we entered the spacious harbor of ..."
4. Hebrews by James Barmby (1886)
"... chanties. All these are in harmony with Christianity, results of Christianity ;
and as шеи advance in them they will be the more fitted and disposed to ..."
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