Lexicographical Neighbors of Charivariing
Literary usage of Charivariing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario): With Special Reference by William Canniff (1869)
"One was that of charivariing, which means a great noise with petty music. It was
introduced from France. The custom is now almost obsolete among us, ..."
2. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"... where a crowd of persons, engaged in charivariing a newly married couple,
marched back and forth in the highway before a public house, at night until ..."
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