merrymaker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of merrymaker
Example Sentences
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Chief among them is Cornelis Dusart’s colorful “Shrovetide Revelers Entering a Courtyard,” in which pre-Lent carousing has gotten so out of hand that one merrymaker squats to relieve himself in public.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2012
From movies to theme parks to retail products, Disney is the hottest all- around merrymaker in America.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harrison showed an unexpected sympathy with the futile, tragic little merrymaker.
From Short Stories of Various Types by Freck, Laura F.
Even Cora, the family merrymaker, was quiet, until aroused from her reverie by an act of her brother who replenished the fire.
From The Daughter of a Republican by Babcock, Bernie
Occasionally somebody rode up, or came tramping down the trail or through the woods—a belated merrymaker hurrying in to ask who had arrived and who was expected.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice
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