Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A charivari (which see).
- To treat to a callithumpian concert.
Wiktionary
- n. US A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
- n. US A burlesque serenade; a charivari.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. United States A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
- n. a noisy boisterous parade
Examples
“Hardly anybody now alive is old enough ever to have seen and heard that boisterous old callithump known as a "dyke," which was famous enough once upon a time.”
In the days of my youth when I was a student in the University of Virginia, 1888-1893.
“I have the greatest respect for honorable toil, but even more for callithump.”
“By the time I had pulled half-way down one row I could feel the callithump working.”
“I realized presently that my special forte lay in directing a sizable garden like that rather than in performing the actual labor, especially when June arrived and the sun began to approach the perpendicular and take on callithump.”
“You probably don't know what callithump is, but you will find out if you undertake to hoe sod-ground potatoes in July.”
“I became acquainted with callithump when I straightened out the asparagus-bed.”
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calli-, cal-
good, beautiful
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My Favorite Words
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Resounding Words
great timbre
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Everyone Loves a Parade
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Shindigs
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It's the sound
Words whose sound I find particularly pleasing.
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