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
Quebec's 35th annual provincial exhibition was the most exciting shivaree of the year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next year's centennial shivaree will symbolize this pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
Something like "shivering"—a spirit of shivering or "shivaree."
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
