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hootenanny
[ hoot-n-an-ee, hoot-nan- ]
noun
- a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.
- an informal session at which folk singers and instrumentalists perform for their own enjoyment.
- Older Use. thingamajig ( def ).
hootenanny
/ ËhuËtËnĂŠnÉȘ; ËhuËtÉËnĂŠnÉȘ /
noun
- an informal performance by folk singers
- something the name of which is unspecified or forgotten
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hootenanny1
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hootenanny1
Example Sentences
In 1972, Time Magazine said the holiday had become âa three-day nationwide hootenanny that seems to have lost much of its original purpose.â
Even if you donât give a hootenanny about folk music, youâve probably heard Williams play.
It started when a local drum and dance group performed to honor their guests, and it quickly turned into an impromptu hootenanny.
His older sister, Bernice, hosted the Ash Groveâs predecessors â the famed hootenannies â at her home in the early 1950s.
The Dukes play it as a rollicking hootenanny, with Earle growling its sardonic twist on a folk clichĂ©: âI donât know where Iâm going no more/I donât know, and I donât care.â
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