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charivari
[ shiv-uh-ree, shiv-uh-ree, shuh-riv-uh-reeor, especially British, shahr-uh-vahr-ee ]
charivari
/ ˌʃɑːrɪˈvɑːrɪ /
noun
- a discordant mock serenade to newlyweds, made with pans, kettles, etc
- a confused noise; din
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Origin of charivari1
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Origin of charivari1
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Example Sentences
If there was one there were fifty big locomotives waiting to charivari the McWilliams Special.
At times, this produced a din of voices by no means pleasant to the ear; indeed, it was not unworthy of the name of charivari.
A charivari, even out here in this uncivilized section of the country, can hardly be dangerous.
As a writer of drollery and scandal in the Charivari, would it have been well if he had used his title as a badge?
No, never since French operas began, was there such a charivari heard.
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