merry-making

A form of merrymaking — Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

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Meanings

noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of merrymaking.
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    It is true, that two clowns, who drove before them a herd of cattle—one or two village wenches, who seemed bound for some merry-making—a strolling soldier, and a wandering student, as his thread-bare black cloak and his satchel of books proclaimed him—passed our travellers without observation, or with a look of contempt; […]

    1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 266
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APA

merry-making. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merry-making

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“merry-making.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merry-making. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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