shivaree
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
It was a razzle-dazzle, Texas-style shivaree from beginning to end.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Teamsters convention in Miami Beach last week began like a summer shivaree.
From Time Magazine Archive
I looked around for a means of defense, but the Chief told me not to be alarmed—it was merely a "shivaree."
From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret
