canticoy

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Definition of canticoy

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noun

(archaic, rare)A social gathering, usually for dancing.

“The Indians denied us going to the town on excuse of a canticoy. We lodged in the woods that night.”
“[…] as long as M. Poincaré keeps up his canticoys, so long will that disturbance increase.”

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From an Algonquian (probably Lenape) language; compare Unami këntke (“he dances”) and English cantico.

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