jollities
Britishplural noun
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A great outpouring of grief and anger and sorrow and doubt had to take place before the certainties and jollities of the mature writer could come into being.
From The New Yorker
“Its triumph and rough jollities, festivals and strange rites are a matter of history, and live only in the immortal verse of Burns and traditional lore.”
From New York Times
Cotton Mather argued that during the “Saturnalian jollities” of late December, “men dishonoured the Lord Jesus Christ more in the twelve days of Christmas” than in all the twelve months of the preceding year.
From Time
In the days following, came the jollities of Class Day, the joint celebration of the Societies, the Musical Concert, and lastly, the annual address by the President, with the conferring of Diplomas.
From Project Gutenberg
Stan's last surviving relative became coy and refused to enter into the jollities.
From The Guardian
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