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

He must have been a corpse even when I took him for a merrymaker.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

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

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

Matteo seized the merrymaker, and was about to make short work with him, when his superior held his hand.

From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Hemyng, Bracebridge