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Definition of Carousal

1. Noun. Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party.

Definition of Carousal

1. n. A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.

Definition of Carousal

1. Noun. A noisy feast with much alcohol consumption. ¹

2. Noun. A loud and noisy social gathering. ¹

3. Noun. Joining with friends to drink alcohol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carousal

1. a boisterous drinking party [n -S]

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Literary usage of Carousal

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1. Works by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"A carousal ALTHOUGH, under Dmitri's influence, I did not yet abandon myself to the common student enjoyments which are called " carousals," I had occasion ..."

2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the by Washington Irving, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1895)
"... of a Night Attack—A Panic among Horses—A Mock carousal—Skirmishing with Buffaloes—A Buffalo Bait—Arrival at the Rendezvous—Meeting of Various Bands. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"... LINES: THE carousal. NIGHT had sot her gloomy watches, Dark and fearful, Wet and tearful, Round a mountain forest cave, When a hollow moaning ..."

4. The Bayeux Tapestry: A History and Description by Frank Rede Fowke (1898)
"This may allude to the Norman spies watching the host of the English, who are said to have passed the eve of the battle in carousal. ..."

5. Personal Sketches of His Own Times by Jonah Barrington (1827)
"The Huntsman's cottage—Preparations for a seven days' carousal—A cockfight—Welsh main—Harmony—A cow and a hogshead of wine consumed ..."

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