merriments

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If as much by wishful thinking as by design, it had both the U.S. women’s and men’s national teams on center stage in each of those merriments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2019

Yet despite the merriments, Christmas can be a stressful time for presidents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2015

Thus, Mr. Editor, is harvest home spent in that county, and I send you the only account I can furnish of the harvest merriments, hoping some of your correspondents will add to my little mite.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 by Various

It was printed in 1594, the title-page stating that it had been "acted sundry times by Edward Alleyn and his company," and that it contained "Kempe's applauded merriments of the men of Gotham."

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman

In the records of the Session one finds a chronicle of the sins, eccentricities, and merriments of the people for the last two or three centuries.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner