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

When the poor man was under sentence of death, he sufficiently repented those idle hours he had consumed in dancing, and in the other merriments into which he had been led by his companions.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Hayward, Arthur L.

The merriments of the marriage breakfast," continued Wolston "slightly interrupted by the arrival of the new guest, were resumed.

From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul

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)