"hootenanny" meaning in English

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          "text": "It bespoke country’s devotion to realism, to songs about Saturday night’s hootenanny and Sunday morning’s moral reckoning, not to mention the kitchen-table truths of Monday through Friday.",
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        "(music) An informal, festive performance by folk singers, often including audience participation with the use of acoustic instruments."
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        "(obsolete) A placeholder word for a nonspecific or forgotten thing."
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