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

Example Sentences

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splore

The lucky man am I at meeting you, Mr. Montagu, while we were having the bit splore down the street.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis

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

“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

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

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

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