splore

American  

[splawr, splohr] / splɔr, sploʊr /

noun

Scot.

1. a frolic; revel; carousal.

2. a commotion; disturbance.

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splore British  

/ splɔːr /

noun

1. a revel; binge; escapade

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Etymology

Origin of splore

First recorded in 1775–85; perhaps shortening of explore

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Example Sentences

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splore

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 James Parton

“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 like a bit splore, but give it to me in our old style, with the tartan instead of buff, and the target for breastplate and taslets.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro

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

So, Mr. Errol continued the splore, and smoked the Turk's head.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell

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