chivaree
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Chiavari, the historic little port between Genoa and Pisa, is more noted as the birthplace of the barbaric "chivaree" razzing of newlyweds with its raucous serenade of dishpans, sour-note bugling and such.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
I was only about nine years old, and I can't remember much about that one and only chivaree I ever attended.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson
But when they explained to me just how a chivaree was carried on, naturally I wanted in on the action.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Clarence Edgar Johnson
Jenny We'll soon be having a fine chivaree.
From The Follies of Love by Frank J. Morlock
So busy were they in recounting the various incidents in the recent "chivaree," that before they were aware Cameron was upon them.
From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Ralph Connor
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