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Throughout New England the noisy bridal serenade is a nourishing practice, going by such names as horning, shivaree, skimmelton, skimmington, warming, housewarming, sendoff, rouser, jamboree, waking-up, bellin', tin pan shower, callithumpian, callathumpin'. callathump and cowthump.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been entertaining a regular callithumpian parade of Red Cross commissioners from America, and he probably felt that he had seen the worst and that this was just another cross.

From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen