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Definition of Junketing
1. Noun. Taking an excursion for pleasure.
Definition of Junketing
1. n. A feast or entertainment; a revel.
Definition of Junketing
1. Verb. (present participle of junket) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Junketing
1. junket [v] - See also: junket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Junketing
Literary usage of Junketing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"A junketing.—A delectable beverage.—Honey and alcohol.—High carousing.—The Canadian
ton vivant.—A cache.—A rapid move.—Wyeth and his plans. ..."
2. Our Navy in the War with Spain by John Randolph Spears (1898)
"CHAPTER III THE WHITE SQUADRON MONEY GRUDGINGLY PROVIDED FOR A NEW NAVY—THE
ADVISORY BOARD—A FRIGATE, TWO CORVETTES, AND A DESPATCH-BOAT— WHAT "junketing" ..."
3. Famous Pamphlets by Henry Morley (1886)
"... aye, nor his junketing Queen Mab and drudging goblins, that will ever make
him a poet. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. ..."
4. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1856)
"The proprietor gained last Sunday two hundred and fifty francs by his visitors,
who finished their junketing by riding on asses through the woods, ..."
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