"chanty" = ditty

Mon May 23 15:59:07 UTC 2005

OED does not list this word.

1922 W. H. D. Rouse _Chanties in Greek and Latin: Written for Ancient Traditional Airs_ (Oxford: B. Blackwell) (_title_).

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.' "

JL

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