skimmerton

[ skim-er-tuhn ]

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noun

, Chiefly Hudson Valley.

shivaree ( def 1 ).

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Word History and Origins

Compare, in Britain, skimmington, skim(m)iting a similar rural custom intended to ridicule an unfaithful or abusive husband or wife, originally, an effigy of the offending person; of uncertain origin

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