shivaree
Example Sentences
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He readily took to the idea of a shivaree, which, to quote Dictionary.com, is “a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
Some scenes, like James Cagney’s spontaneous hoofing in “Other Men’s Women” or the frontier shivaree in “The Purchase Price,” are choreographed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2017
But this year the still spiny "Cactus Jack" gaveled down the traditional birthday shivaree that in years past has drawn such guests as Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman and the late Sam Rayburn.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a razzle-dazzle, Texas-style shivaree from beginning to end.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patty," said little White, "the drug-clerk says the boys are going to shivaree old Poquelin to-night.
From Old Creole Days by Cable, George Washington
