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What does charivari mean?

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Noun
  1. The noisy banging of pots and pans as a mock serenade to a newly married couple, or similar occasion.
  2. Any loud, cacophonous noise or hubbub.
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In the case of the charivari he shrinks from attempting to translate it.
The performance of the charivari was common at that time in the South of France.
Once the bill staggered through, the Westminster charivari moved on, though opposition to the Health and Social Care Act remains as fierce.
If there was one there were fifty big locomotives waiting to charivari the McWilliams Special.
There was no charivari, because their marriage was suitable.
Escalator is a ribald charivari at the marriage of Righteousness and Virtue.

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