A woman fined at Wood Green Police Court said her name was JOLLY and she had been having a "jollification," yet the magistrate refrained from comment. ❋ Various (N/A)
With small means, a large family, and a straggling parish, her time and energy were for the most part engrossed in sheer hard work, so that the prospect of a little "jollification," as she laughingly expressed it, came as a welcome variety. ❋ George De Horne Vaizey (1887)
Owen and Montagu heard them talk about ordering some brandy, and then arrange to have a "jollification," as they called it, that evening. ❋ Unknown (1867)
MR: It's hard to go back to shows being a break in the jollification. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2011)
The somewhat sinister jollification comes to an abrupt end with the return of Aunt Adeline, who has hurried home with a bag of clementines to share with her nephew on his big day. ❋ Meghan Cox Gurdon (2011)
Keane pointedly chose not to celebrate the goals against his old club, but if the happy wanderer carries on restricting himself like that, opportunities for jollification are going to be strictly limited. ❋ Unknown (2012)
There was even more grinning later, for Mangas held an enormous jollification on corn-beer and pine-bark spirit and a fearsome cactus tipple called mescal; they don't mind mixing their drinks, those fellows, and got beastly foxed, although I went as easy as I could. ❋ Estelle Bruno (2010)
The facts are these: about four o'clock on Christmas morn - ing, Peterson, who, as you know, is a very honest fellow, was returning from some small jollification and was making his way homeward down Tottenham Court Road. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The title "The Youth," from their 2007 release Oracular Spectacular, produced by Dave Fridmann (of Flaming Lips), is brimming with all kinds of imagination and jollification. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But there's a grim flip side to this frontier jollification. ❋ Unknown (2008)
“There were a hundred ways, graceful and grave, in which Independence Day might have been commemorated,” he wrote, but Americans chose the “senseless pandemonium” of “a Chinese jollification by fire-crackers.” ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)
Competition in occupational skills provided a means of entertainment on July 4th and on other days of jollification. ❋ DEE BROWN (2007)
Weddings offered frontier folks special opportunities for jollification of a rowdy variety. ❋ DEE BROWN (2007)
IN THEIR SEARCH FOR jollification, Western settlers developed rodeo, an orginal sport probably more indigenous to this continent than baseball. ❋ DEE BROWN (2007)
The Fourth of July was the only holiday observed on the frontier with organized community jollification. ❋ DEE BROWN (2007)
“We have had a fine Monarchical and Religious jollification,” remarked an illustrious reveler in the doorway as he went. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I have asked him to dine with me at the end of the week; if you will do me the honor and pleasure of coming, you may bring your ladies, and there will be a grand jollification. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Jordaens can — a drunken jollification of boors and doxies, or ❋ Unknown (2006)
"John felt a [great deal] of "[JOLLIFICATION]" when he saw the pictures of his [newest] online match." ❋ Iruletheuniverse (2008)
