All those snug junketings and public gormandizings
for which the ancient magistrates were equally
famous with their modern successors. --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster]
The apostle would have no reveling or junketing upon
the altar. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act or process of taking a junket[3]. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Junketing — Junket Jun ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Junketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Junketing}.] To give entertainment to; to feast. [1913 Webster] The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. Walpole. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
junketing — n. act of hosing a party; feasting, picnicking; traveling, going on a voyage jun·ket || dʒʌŋkɪt n. pleasure trip, excursion, picnic, outing; sweetened curdled milk (eaten as a dessert); official trip paid for by the government v. take a… … English contemporary dictionary
junketing — noun informal go on a trip at public expense. → junket … English new terms dictionary
junketing — noun taking an excursion for pleasure • Derivationally related forms: ↑junket • Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑traveling, ↑travelling … Useful english dictionary
junket — [ dʒʌŋkɪt] noun 1》 a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk. 2》 informal an extravagant trip, especially one by an official at public expense. verb (junkets, junketing, junketed) [often as noun junketing] informal go on a trip at public… … English new terms dictionary
junket — n. & v. n. 1 a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds, often served with fruit or cream. 2 a feast. 3 a pleasure outing. 4 US an official s tour at public expense. v.intr. (junketed, junketing) Derivatives: junketing n. Etymology: ME jonket f. OF… … Useful english dictionary
Junket — Jun ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Junketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Junketing}.] To give entertainment to; to feast. [1913 Webster] The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. Walpole. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Junketed — Junket Jun ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Junketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Junketing}.] To give entertainment to; to feast. [1913 Webster] The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. Walpole. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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