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

Quebec's 35th annual provincial exhibition was the most exciting shivaree of the year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next year's centennial shivaree will symbolize this pride.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bienvenu," said little White, "don't shivaree old Poquelin to-night; he's"— "My fwang," said the swaying Bienvenu, "who tail you I goin' to chahivahi somebody, eh?

From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington