A noisy, boisterous parade or band; a charivari; a deliberately cacophonous celebration.
American English, early 1800s, possibly from 'callithumpian' (a fictional society). When communities held deliberately LOUD, obnoxious parades to shame wrongdoers or celebrate.
A parade where the POINT is to be as LOUD and OBNOXIOUS as possible! Banging pots, blowing horns, general beautiful chaos! Colonial Americans used callithumps to embarrass neighbors who misbehaved! 🥁🎺😂
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