callithump

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈkæ.lɪ.θʌmp/

Definition of callithump

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, colloquial, dated)A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
    “You probably don't know what callithump is, but you will find out if you undertake to hoe sod-ground potatoes in July. It has something to do with brazen trumpets and violence. I became acquainted with callithump when I straightened out the asparagus-bed.”
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noun

  1. (US, colloquial, dated)A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.
    “You probably don't know what callithump is, but you will find out if you undertake to hoe sod-ground potatoes in July. It has something to do with brazen trumpets and violence. I became acquainted with callithump when I straightened out the asparagus-bed.”
  2. (US, colloquial, dated)A burlesque serenade; a charivari.

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Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from calli- + thump, or an alteration and backformation from "Gallithumpian", a Dorset and Devon word from 1790s for a society of radical social reformers, in reference to "noisy disturbers of elections and meetings

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