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

The custom of making fools on the 1st of April is one of the few old English merriments still in general vogue.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

This gorgeous-broider'd with rich sentences: That fair and purfled round with merriments.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 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