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Definition of Merrymaking
1. Noun. A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.
Generic synonyms: Celebration, Festivity
Specialized synonyms: High Jinks, High Jinx, Hijinks, Jinks, Revel, Revelry
Derivative terms: Jollify, Make Merry
Definition of Merrymaking
1. a. Making or producing mirth; convivial; jolly.
2. n. The act of making merry; conviviality; merriment; jollity.
Definition of Merrymaking
1. Noun. joyful festivities, especially as a celebration ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merrymaking
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merrymaking
Literary usage of Merrymaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Friendly Town: A Little Book for the Urbane by Edward Verrall Lucas (1906)
"Christmas Merrymaking o *o -o* '"THE fire with well-dried logs supplied -*- Went
roaring up the chimney wide ; The huge hall-table's oaken face, ..."
2. Social games and group dances: a collection of games and dances suitable for by James Claude Elsom, Blanche Mathilde Trilling (1919)
"... an occupation dance and represents the planting of the grape-vine, the picking
of the grapes and finally the merrymaking at the end of the day's work. ..."
3. Old highways in China by Isabelle Williamson (1884)
"... Ma Chow—A great wholesale fair—Sign-boards and advertisements—A miserable
inn—The merrymaking of the fair—Canals and junks. FOR two days we travelled ..."
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