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Definition of Sprees
1. spree [n] - See also: spree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprees
Literary usage of Sprees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"... 1878,'Comstock had been addicted to periodical sprees, lasting fora, longer
or shorter period, when for days in succession he would drink intoxicating ..."
2. Pioneer Life in Zorra by William Alexander MacKay, George William Ross (1899)
"THERE may be no logical connection between logging bees and dancing sprees, but
they were intimately associated in the experience of the Highland pioneers ..."
3. Pioneer Life in Zorra by William Alexander MacKay, George William Ross (1899)
"CHAPTER XI LOGGING BEES AND DANCING sprees " If you want knowledge, you must toil
for it; if food, you must toil for it ; and if pleasure, you must toil for ..."
4. Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of Aphanapteryx: Personal Experiences by Nicolas Pike (1873)
"... actual Marriage—Presents to the Groom, and his Share of the Proceedings—Only
Food allowed the Wedded Pair—sprees on the Third Day—Consummation. ..."
5. Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx: Personal Experiences by Nicolas Pike (1873)
"... and his Share of the Proceedings—Only Food allowed the Wedded Pair—sprees on
the Third Day—Consummation. I HAD never seen a Malabar wedding, ..."
6. The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous by Charles Molloy Westmacott (1826)
"... of Old Crony—Ancient Sports and sprees—Modern Improvements—Hints to Builders
and Buyers—Some Account of the School and its Worthies—Recollections of old ..."
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