merrymakings
Example Sentences
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I may remind you that a man who would fain return unto and enjoy his own self ought not to indulge so much in merrymakings and festivities, but to think on death.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
As time went on, our preparations were frequently interrupted by social obligations, farewell visits, dinners, and other merrymakings with friends and kindred far and near.
From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
Neither she nor Toni took any part in the village merrymakings.
From True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office by Arthur Cheney Train
Weddings were merrymakings in my time: 39 The reckoning seldom came till the morrow’s morn.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
I don’t feel as if I should ever care again for the gewgaws and the merrymakings that I used to think all the world of.
From The King's Daughters by Emily Sarah Holt
