sea shanty in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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shanty [Brit ˈʃanti, Am ˈʃæn(t)i] N

1. sea (as opposed to land):

sea (gen)
mer f
sea (distant from shore)
large m
beside or by the sea
au bord de la mer
the open sea
le large
to look/be swept out to sea
regarder/être entraîné vers le large
to be at sea
être en mer
once we get out to sea
une fois qu'on sera en mer
once out to sea
une fois en pleine mer
to put (out) to sea
prendre la mer
to go to sea boat:
prendre la mer
a long way out to sea
très loin de la côte
by sea travel
en bateau
by sea send
par bateau
to travel over land and sea liter
parcourir océans et continents
to bury sb at sea
immerger le corps de qn
to bury sb at sea attr air, breeze
marin
to bury sb at sea bird, water
de mer
to bury sb at sea crossing, voyage
par mer
to bury sb at sea battle
naval
to bury sb at sea creature, nymph
de la mer
to bury sb at sea power
maritime

sea shanty in the PONS Dictionary

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It's really the year of the sea shanty, and its triumphant return into the wider public (well, gaming at least) consciousness.
kotaku.com
They finished as a couple of folkies singing a twisted sea shanty that again showed a healthy spark of originality.
www.chortle.co.uk
She made her first musical recording of a sea shanty at the age of six.
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Now, an antiquated sea shanty involving two men conversing from inside a whale is one thing, but prog?
www.stereogum.com
He saved the money earned there, supplemented by money earned by repairing seafarers' sea shanty musical instruments.
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The greatest sea shanty ever written?
www.stereogum.com
Raider, which has been described as an acid sea shanty, has a bluegrass feel created by bowed banjo and dulcimer backing a folksy-sounding but surreal lyric.
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I didn't put that into a sea shanty.
www.pinknews.co.uk
Given its metre, it may have derived from a sea shanty.
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It is most frequently sung as a ballad but can also be a sea shanty.
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