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Definition of Sea chantey
1. Noun. A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea Chantey
Literary usage of Sea chantey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 2 by Kristen Kunkel (2003)
"The sea chantey Fill in the bubble to answer each question or complete each sentence.
1. A sea chantey is ® a silly song (Da work song for sailors © a sad ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... Our thumbs are rough and tarred, And the tune is something hard— May we lift
a Deep-sea Chantey such as seamen use at sea?" Then said the souls of the ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1899)
"In two or three hours Captain Jan and his son might be singing in their own home
the delightful little sea chantey that had interpreted their hopes and ..."
4. The Book of Modern British Verse by William Stanley Braithwaite (1919)
"Was it the lap of the wave I heard or the chill wind's cry, Or a snatch of a
deep-sea chantey I knew in the years gone by? Was it the whine of the gear in ..."
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