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 Scott, Walter, Sir
“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 Willis, Herbert
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 Burns, Robert
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
An' whan we chasten'd him therefore, Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, As set the warld in a roar O' laughin' at us;— Curse thou his basket and his store, Kail and potatoes.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
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