merry-making
Example Sentences
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Lula’s Garden Joy Garden: Send a sweet plant gift with this set that includes two merry-making succulents tucked into a gift box that serves as a planter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
The Clauses could have been cast as merry-making sleuths in a St. Nick-and-Nora-style detective series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
It’s not enough to spend five days a week with your dear colleagues; you must put in a few extra off-hours of chitchat and merry-making for good show.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2014
Evidence of sustained merry-making is perhaps hanging off our waists.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2014
We find, therefore, in surveying the holy day customs of yore, signs of much merry-making of this kind, and particularly of the dedication of special viands to certain occasions.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
