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/ˈkæ.lɪ.θʌmp/ · noun
(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.
Use callithump when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Callithump means (US, colloquial, dated) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises..
Common synonyms include charivari, shivaree, chivaree, callathump.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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