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. 2000.
junketed — 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 pleasure trip; host a picnic; feast; entertain; go on a government paid trip … English contemporary dictionary
Junket — Jun ket, v. i. To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost. [1913 Webster] Job s children junketed and feasted together often. South. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
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
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 — ► NOUN 1) a dish of sweetened curds of milk. 2) informal an extravagant trip or party. ► VERB (junketed, junketing) informal ▪ take part in an extravagant trip or party. ORIGIN originally denoting a cream cheese made in a rush basket: from Old… … English 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
