What does chantey mean?
Chantey means Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song)..
Then we had a mouth-organ solo or two, which naturally led on to songs. My turn came. I struck up the first verse of a sailor chantey as possessing at least the interest of novelty. Oh once we were a-sailing, a-sailing were we; Blow high, blow low, what care we; And we were a-sailing to see what we could see, Down on the coast of the High Barbaree.
Use chantey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chantey means Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song)..
Common synonyms include shanty, chanty, sea chantey.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then we had a mouth-organ solo or two, which naturally led on to songs. My turn came. I struck up the first verse of a sailor chantey as possessing at least the interest of novelty. Oh once we were a-sailing, a-sailing were we; Blow high, blow low, what care we; And we were a-sailing to see what we could see, Down on the coast of the High Barbaree.
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