splore
Americannoun
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a frolic; revel; carousal.
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a commotion; disturbance.
noun
Etymology
Origin of splore
First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps shortening of explore
Example Sentences
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She saw me, and kend me in the splore, for the mask fell frae my face for a blink.
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
Lament him a' ye rantin core, Wha dearly like a random splore; Nae mair he'll join the merry roar; In social key; For now he's taen anither shore.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
“Lord haud a grip o’ us!” cried Aleck; “it’s auld Peg hoastin’—De’il wauken her, the cankered rush! she’ll breed a bonny splore gin she finds me here.”
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis
I hae a good conscience, and little to answer for, unless it be about a rant amang the lasses, or a splore at a fair, and that's no muckle to speak of.
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
The contracting parties were grave and self-contained, as became their position; and, to look at Mr. Errol, no one could have dreamt of his ever having gone on the splore.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
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