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Origin of merrymaking
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The merrymaking, though, ends in desolation, as the guests, including Betty herself, drop in exhaustion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
But this is a gift guide for you, our readers, and is written with revelry — meaning merrymaking, noisy partying, dancing until the lights come up — in mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
In big cities, the merrymaking involving the playful splashing of water took place at designated high-security pavilions.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
And, oddly enough — and so beautiful — they’re in some of these really dense archives at the Getty, just merrymaking, hanging out with their homegirls and Duke Ellington.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
He walked briskly back to his hole, and stood for a moment listening with a smile to the din in the pavilion and to the sounds of merrymaking in other parts of the field.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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