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junketing
ˈjunketing, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb junket; feasting, banqueting, merrymaking; also (chiefly U.S.), a going on a pleasure excursion, picnicking; with a and pl.: A feast, banquet, picnic, etc.1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. x. 235 Their Spiritualtie vsed Iunckettyng ...
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Swanston, Edinburgh
Robert Louis Stevenson, "after [the city fathers] had built their water-house and laid their pipes, it occurred to them that the place was suitable for junketing
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junket
▪ I. junket, n. (ˈdʒʌŋkɪt) Forms: α. 4–7 ionket, (5 -ett, 6 -et(t)e), 6 ionckette, 6–7 iuncket, (6 -ete, 7 -ette), iunquet, iunket, 7–9 juncket, junkett, 7– junket. β. 6 ioncat, 6 iouncat, 6–7 iuncat, -cate, 7 iunkat, -kate, 7–8 juncate. See also juncade. [Of somewhat obscure history, in respect bot...
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Gordon Waddell
"When this junketing band of Cambridge ancients beat Oxford in the 80th contest on 11 December 1961 they established a timeless record which proclaims
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junketer
ˈjunketer [f. junket v. + -er1.] One who junkets or feasts; one who takes part in a junketing.1825 Scott Fam. Lett. 29 Nov. (1894) II. 381, I have been asked to meet Lord Melville at several parties, which has made me more of a junketter than usual. 1868 Pall Mall G. 5 Aug., Steamboat companies, whi...
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Perfect Friday
This sort of amoral junketing needs immense verve and charm if it is to succeed, but though Peter Hall keeps up a good pace and is helped by a jolly Dankworth
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junket
junket/ˈdʒʌŋkɪt; `dʒʌŋkɪt/ n1 [C, U] (dish of) sweet custard-like pudding made of milk curdled with rennet, and often sweetened and flavoured (一份)凝乳食品(用凝乳制成, 常加糖和香料).2 [C] (infml derog 口, 贬 esp US) trip made esp for pleasure by a government official and paid for with government money 政府官员用公费的旅游.3 so...
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Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival
The New York Times called it "a great success, the high point of many junketing French journalists' winters" and the Financial Times wrote that its two
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Caroline Hodgson
For example, in March 1906, the paper ran the headline "Madame Brussels' Notorious Bawdy House: Her Junketing Jezebels", above drawings of her "flash"
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West Cornwall May Day celebrations
Young men and women devote May-day to junketing and picnics.
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pure
▪ I. pure, a. (n., adv.) (pjʊə(r)) Forms: 3–5 pur, 4– pure. (Also 4 puȝr, por(e, 4 (6 Sc.) puyr(e, puir(e, 5 poure, 5–6 pewr(e, 9 pewer; 5–6, 9– puer, 6 peur.) [a. OF. pur, fem. pure (12th c. in Littré), = Pr. pur, Sp., It. puro:—L. pūru-s clean, clear, unmixed, pure, chaste, etc.] A. adj. I. In phy...
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Alberto Moravia
Angus Davidson (1974)), "collection of articles from 10 years' junketing in Africa"
Un'altra vita (1973) (Lady Godiva and other stories, trans.
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Gray's Ferry Bridge
In 1834, a Philadelphia guidebook offered this description, "Gray's Ferry — renowned as the junketing place of our forefathers where our grandfathers and
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tea
▪ I. tea, n. (tiː) Forms: 7 (9) tay, tey, 7 té, thé, the, 7–8 tee, thea, 7– tea. See also cha, chia. [= F. thé, Sp. te, It. tè, Du. and Ger. thee, Da., Sw. te, mod.L. thea; ad. (perh. through Malay te, teh) Chinese, Amoy dialect te, in Fuchau tiä = Mandarin ch'a (in ancient Chinese prob. kia); whenc...
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