shivaree
Example Sentences
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He readily took to the idea of a shivaree, which, to quote Dictionary.com, is “a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021
Some scenes, like James Cagney’s spontaneous hoofing in “Other Men’s Women” or the frontier shivaree in “The Purchase Price,” are choreographed.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2017
Throughout New England the noisy bridal serenade is a nourishing practice, going by such names as horning, shivaree, skimmelton, skimmington, warming, housewarming, sendoff, rouser, jamboree, waking-up, bellin', tin pan shower, callithumpian, callathumpin'. callathump and cowthump.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next year's centennial shivaree will symbolize this pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
They've gone down to shivaree the old Dutchwoman who married her step-daughter's sweetheart.
From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington
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