jaunt
noun
a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
had jaunted
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past perfectof jaunt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He joined the crush of junketing Congressmen, society ladies in carriages and pleasure seekers who had jaunted out to see the Union Army trounce General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard's Confederates at Bull Run.
From Time Magazine Archive
Harry, a sort of young tramp, fat and pimply-faced, had jaunted into our town one day from New York, and had found work with the undertaker.
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp
