Lexicographical Neighbors of Chantie
Literary usage of Chantie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days: From Forecastle to Quarter-deck by John D. Whidden (1908)
"Some would go to northern ports, but generally the autumn found them all back,
ready for their winter's work. " chantie " singing was not confined to the ..."
2. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the by William Gordon Burn-Murdoch (1894)
"chantie man: Now he's called a sailor, All together: Ranzo, boys, Ranzo !
The skipper was a dandy, Ranzo, boys, Ranzo ! And was too fond of Brandy, Ranzo, ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"Dinna fash ye puir old head; I hae ma beastie fra' the hill a' rieht,—ay, I hae
ma beastie, and ye'll hae ye chantie!" His words aroused a chorus of ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"... In many places there the parsons be themself at ease, Of the poor they have
no pitie, and that is their poor chantie. ..."
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