a. colloq. or slang. [perh. f. cheery + merry; possibly only a jingling combination.] Merry: esp. from conviviality.
[1602. Middleton, Blurt, I. i. Tricks, tricks, kerry merry buff!]
1775. Cont. Sterne’s Sent. Journ., 219. That every convivial assistant should go home cherry-merry.
[‘Cherry-merry, a present of money. Cherry-merry-bamboo, a beating.—Anglo-Indian.’ Slang Dict.]
