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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.”

A blunder just waiting to be A true Trumpian shivaree If it turns out the Fed A disaster led By one more off the wall nominee.

Now he’s presiding over the annual shivaree - the word denotes a noisy party - thrown by the Black Lake chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow.

Some scenes, like James Cagney’s spontaneous hoofing in “Other Men’s Women” or the frontier shivaree in “The Purchase Price,” are choreographed.

The French of Louisiana and Canada introduced the charivari into America, where it became known under the corrupted name of “shivaree.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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