Time came when this sort of thing was no longer a Gamesome event, but a foregone conclusion.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
In uninterrupted silence Looked they at the Gamesome labor Of the young men and the women; Listened to their noisy talking, To their laughter and their singing, Heard them chattering like the magpies, Heard them laughing like the blue-jays, Heard them singing like the robins.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Seeing her move on, and reflecting that she carries all the provisions of the party, her children think better of their romance, and gambol after her, taking a Gamesome pull at her teats from high spirits.
"Prose Fancies"
Richard Le Gallienne