carousal
a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry.
Origin of carousal
1Words that may be confused with carousal
- carousel, carousal
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How to use carousal in a sentence
These, as we afterwards learned, were used by the chiefs as places of carousal, and as a sort of harem for their women.
It is the 2d of April, four years lacking two weeks since the drunken carousal over the passage of the ordinance of Secession.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Two years of wandering, fighting, and carousal ensued before the remnant of the crew returned to Oregon.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. SkinnerThe following day Glendon returned home in a repentant mood, as was usual after a protracted carousal.
The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. HookerSome were determined not to submit, and passed the night in carousal, while those soberly inclined tried in vain to sleep.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps | George T. Stevens
British Dictionary definitions for carousal
/ (kəˈraʊzəl) /
a merry drinking party
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