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- noun Alternative spelling of
merrymaking .
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Examples
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Breaking the law made merry-making even more fun—now there was an illicit thrill attached to drinking.
Soaking Up a Fertile Music Era Will Friedwald 2011
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How incongruous this specter, stalking forth when all is joy and merry-making!
What Socialism Is 2010
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A riot, or a merry-making -- they could not tell which -- was taking place in the Japanese town, as Saxon and Billy steamed out on the
CHAPTER XII 2010
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To get all the work, cooking, cleaning and merry-making done for the holidays requires a little more creativity for an entrepreneur who happens to be a woman.
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It's a day of indulgence, frivolity and merry-making!
Jamie Schler: La Galette des Rois: A Cake Fit For A King Jamie Schler 2011
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So the town filled up with foreigners again, this time with merry-making Hollywood stars, studio execs, oil barons and other miscellaneous moguls.
Bob Schulman: Gold, Booze And Tourists: Mazatlan's Plazuela Machado Bob Schulman 2011
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To get all the work, cooking, cleaning and merry-making done for the holidays requires a little more creativity for an entrepreneur who happens to be a woman.
Women Grow Business » What’s Your Approach? Living the Holidays as a Woman and Entrepreneur 2009
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It's a day of indulgence, frivolity and merry-making!
Jamie Schler: La Galette des Rois: A Cake Fit For A King Jamie Schler 2011
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So here's to the hopeful prospect that the Hill conservatives let in the Spirit of Christmas Present, hoping for some merry-making.
Karen Dolan: Conservatives' Vile Attack On Christmas Karen Dolan 2010
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Then, when he was tired of the merry-making, he put that tape into the VCR and made a huge commotion that everyone should get home where they'd be safe.
Tom Matlack: Memories of Dad at Christmas Tom Matlack 2010
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