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
It was a razzle-dazzle, Texas-style shivaree from beginning to end.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Oregon Governor Tom McCall: "It looked like a hoedown, a shivaree."
From Time Magazine Archive
You just oughta've been here for their shivaree, Clyde!
From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen
