A soloist, the ‘shantyman’, would improvise verses, and the working team would punctuate with invariable refrains, containing one or two accents at which combined forces would pull together.
Definition of shantyman in US English:
shantyman
nounˈSHan(t)ēˌmanˈʃæn(t)iˌmæn
North American
A lumberjack.
〈北美〉伐木工
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A soloist, the ‘shantyman’, would improvise verses, and the working team would punctuate with invariable refrains, containing one or two accents at which combined forces would pull together.