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boozeroo
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 boo...
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-eroo
-eroo factitious slang suffix as in boozeroo, brusheroo (brush n.2 8 b), flopperoo. U.S. formations in -eroo, -aroo (e.g. buckaroo) are discussed in Amer. Speech (1942) XVII. 10f, and in T. Pyles Words & Ways Amer. Eng. (1952) 199.1964 Guardian 8 July 7/6 Those jerkeroos feel embarrassed.
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