merrymakings

You have become a stranger to your friends; you shun merrymakings; you keep away from the marketplace and from the dwellings of men.

Such violent fights are authentically reported at merrymakings of the time, and as the aristocratic leader of such a brawl, Neidhart no doubt would find his subsequent residence among the peasants uncongenial.

Sometimes, for days together, she would be left alone in the house, while Dame Martha and Margaret dressed themselves up in all their finery, and went off to fairs and merrymakings in the neighboring town.

He is fond of merrymakings, drunken assemblies, doctors' visits, and children's feasts.

Lady Washington joined her husband in February, and there was an added dignity to 197 the kettledrums and merrymakings in consequence.