"chanty" = ditty

[Wilson Gray]

Is this the word that OED lists under "shanty," with "chant(e)y" as
alternate spelling(s)?

-Wilson

On May 23, 2005, at 11:59 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> OED does not list this word.
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> 1922 W. H. D. Rouse _Chanties in Greek and Latin: Written for Ancient
> Traditional Airs_ (Oxford: B. Blackwell) (_title_).
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> 1939 Elliot Paul _Mysterious Mickey Finn_ (rpt. N.Y.: Collier, 1962)
> 225: Hjalmar Jansen was roaring a chanty as he spun the wheel.  'She
> was only a poet's daughter, / But she never was averse.' "
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