Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) to entertain; thus shivooing, entertaining.

1843		J. F. Watson cited in AS XXIV:4 (1949) 251: At a later period, Edward Livingston, esq., was sherri-varried here [in New Orleans].
1872		E. Eggleston End of the World 294: And among the manly recreations which they have proposed to themselves is that of shivareeing ‘that Dutchman Gus Wehle’ [DA].
1906		Gadfly (Adelaide) 18 Apr. 18/2: Last night the Semaphore shivoo’d at the Ward Street Hall to farewell popular Canon Swan [AND].
1908		Truth 28 June 1/6: The shivooing now going on in the Big Smoke [AND].
1910		Guide July 139/1: A crowd [...] started out to ‘shivaree’ (mob and din to madness) the dreaded old man [DA].
1949		A.B. Hollingshead Elmtown’s Youth (1975) 321: The young couple are generally ‘shivareed’ or ‘belled in’ by their friends and relatives.
1968		(con. mid-19C) S. Longstreet Wilder Shore 189: Her grandmother most likely was shivareed by the banging of crude miners on tin pans while honeymooining in a tent.