They'd laugh at the old-fashioned words he used like “chivaree” and “sparkin ',” but I notice once he'd introduced them to an expression, they kept it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Imbecile] Reference

  It's the opening night at the Fulton County Fair in this tiny town in northwest Ohio, and the grandstands are packed for the first round of the event that is the annual highlight of this rural chivaree — Demolition Derby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orthodox Jews Turn to Demolition Derby in Bid for New Recruits] Reference

"Well, it's the only chance we'll have to chivaree them," grumbled Dan.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Road] Reference

By now few foreigners in Iraq have failed to register that blasting the sky with machine-gun fire is the Iraqi chivaree, and that weddings are wonderful events - symbols of peace and unleashed merry-making - at which normal rules of social decorum don't apply.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain's Journal] Reference

"Dr. Seton lives in Halifax and they NEVER chivaree people there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Road] Reference