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Definition of Shivaree
1. Noun. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Generic synonyms: Serenade
Derivative terms: Callithumpian
Definition of Shivaree
1. Noun. The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion. ¹
2. Noun. Any loud cacophonous noise or hubbub. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shivaree
1. to chivaree [v -REED, -REEING, -REES] - See also: chivaree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shivaree
| shiur shiurim shiv shiv'ah shivah shivahs shivaree (current term) shivareed shivareeing shivarees | shivas shive shiver shiver-spar shiver my timbers shivered shiverer shiverers shiverier shiveriest | shivering |
Literary usage of Shivaree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Of course the actors in the "shivaree" business were mainly young1 men and boys.
... The " shivaree" custom was unquestionably a survival of semi-barbaric ..."
2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"The ' shivaree'is described at length in Eggleston's ' The End of the World.'
I know of no other writer who has ever tried to convert its unpleasant ..."
3. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1922)
"shivaree is the best of these plays, it has something about it that is audacious
and powerful both in its situation and in its brutality of approach; ..."
4. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
""But you can shivaree somebody else," said desperate little White. ... They've
gone down to shivaree the old Dutchwoman who married her step-daughter's ..."
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