Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A charivari (which see).
- To treat to a callithumpian concert.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun United States A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A somewhat
riotous parade , accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and otherdiscordant noises. - noun US A
burlesque serenade ; acharivari .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
- noun a noisy boisterous parade
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Examples
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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. James Powell Cocke 1947
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I have the greatest respect for honorable toil, but even more for callithump.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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By the time I had pulled half-way down one row I could feel the callithump working.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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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.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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You probably don't know what callithump is, but you will find out if you undertake to hoe sod-ground potatoes in July.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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I became acquainted with callithump when I straightened out the asparagus-bed.
Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
qms commented on the word callithump
They "march" in a pulsating clump;
Play "tunes" to make deaf turtles jump.
Their intent is satirical
And not really lyrical
For music is mocked by a callithump.
July 14, 2014
bilby commented on the word callithump
Oooh, a which see.
July 14, 2014