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He enjoyed these charivaris, but the dacoits were not so amused.

From Life's Handicap by Kipling, Rudyard

It is hung about with garlands, like the garlands of the cemeteries on All Saints Day; it may be celebrated in song, or jeered at in charivaris.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various

He wrote the satirical couplets sung during the carnival, organized charivaris, and was himself a "little journal" of the gossip of the town.

From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

At the beginning of the 17th century, wedding charivaris were forbidden by the Council of Tours under pain of excommunication, but the custom still lingers in rural districts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various