2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.]
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He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. --Dickens.
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3. The flute of a bagpipe. See {Chanter}, n., 3. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
chaunter — archaic variant of chanter … New Collegiate Dictionary
chaunter — archaic variant of chanter * * * chantˈer, chauntˈer or chantˈor noun 1. A singer 2. A precentor 3. (in bagpipes) the pipe with fingerholes, on which the melody is played • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Chant — Chant, v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. Chant to the sound of the viol. Amos vi. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. [1913 Webster] {To chant horses} or {To chaunt horses}, to sing their praise; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To chant horses — Chant Chant, v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. Chant to the sound of the viol. Amos vi. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. [1913 Webster] {To chant horses} or {To chaunt horses}, to sing their praise; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To chaunt horses — Chant Chant, v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. Chant to the sound of the viol. Amos vi. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. [1913 Webster] {To chant horses} or {To chaunt horses}, to sing their praise; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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