boozeroo N.Z. slang.
(ˌbuːzəˈruː)
[f. booze n. + -eroo.]
A drinking spree.
| 1943 J. A. W. Bennett in Amer. Speech XVIII. 89 A ‘good spree’ would be described as a ‘proper old boozeroo’, this word being of the same pattern as various American words in -eroo. 1952 Landfall VI. 224 The Saturday night boozeroo in the Sydenham side-street with the keg in the kitchen-sink. 1963 N. Hilliard Piece of Land 28 He played Beethoven at boozeroos. 1970 N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 12/2 It's going to be a real boozeroo. |