carousal

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Now when the carousal was at an end, Al-Amin commanded one of his servants to fill the boat, wherein Ja'afar had come, with dirhams and dinars and all manner of jewels and jacinths and rich raiment and goods galore.

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  1. noun A riotous drinking party.
  2. noun Boisterous drunken merrymaking or revelry.

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  • They sold out their stock for a very liberal price, and Kit's friend, despite his advice, went on a carousal which soon squandered all their hard earned wages. —  The Life of Kit Carson
  • Among these the most remarkable was a splendid carousal which took place in the Place Royale, and which is elaborately described by Bassompierre. —  The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 2
  • At the termination of this carousal, which was followed by balls, banquets, and tiltings at the ring, the Court removed to Fontainebleau; where their Majesties shortly afterwards received the Marquis de Spinola, the Comte de Buquoy,[141] and Don Rodrigo Calderon,[142] who were entertained with great magnificence, and lodged in the house of Bassompierre. —  The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 2
  • The servants of the house had removed all signs of the carousal, and were moving noiselessly about the room while restoring it to order, so as not to disturb the rest of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Blondelle in the bedroom adjoining. —  Cruel As The Grave
  • Every now and then he gets upon a carousal, and keeps it up for days, sometimes weeks. —  Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco
 

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  1. from carouse + -al; the form being suggested perhaps by the older word carousal, carousel.
 

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