Meanings
plural skimmity-rides · alternative skimmington
- Synonym of charivari (“mock serenade”).
“What do they mean by a ‘skimmity-ride’?” he asked. “O, sir!” said the landlady, swinging her long earrings with deprecating modesty; “’tis a’ old foolish thing they do in these parts when a man’s wife is - well, not too particularly his own.
1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 36, in The Mayor of CasterbridgeSynonyms: charivari
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of charivari (“mock serenade”).
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