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

It was a razzle-dazzle, Texas-style shivaree from beginning to end.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said Oregon Governor Tom McCall: "It looked like a hoedown, a shivaree."

From Time Magazine Archive

It became a custom, in anticipation of a "shivaree," to send round word to Mrs. Ferris not to be afraid, the shooting was all in fun.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann