merrymaker

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Chief among them is Cornelis Dusart’s colorful “Shrovetide Revelers Entering a Courtyard,” in which pre-Lent carousing has gotten so out of hand that one merrymaker squats to relieve himself in public.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2012

From movies to theme parks to retail products, Disney is the hottest all- around merrymaker in America.

From Time Magazine Archive

Juanita Sterling unavoidably brushed Miss Crilly on the way across, and smiled pleasantly, to which that middle-aged merrymaker responded with a whispered, "Ain't you swell, a-goin' with the president all the evening!"

From Polly and the Princess by Dowd, Emma C.

Among the guests was Colonel Hendrik Frey, the boniface of Canajoharie, a famous fun-lover and merrymaker.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph

Harrison showed an unexpected sympathy with the futile, tragic little merrymaker.

From Short Stories of Various Types by Freck, Laura F.