Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A frolic; a spree.
- To make a great show; show off.
Examples
“You're not the only one who can 'splore' round here. ”
The Secret Of The Mansion
“Or crawlz aroun unner houses or splore messy garrages.”
i wud like to see ur suprvisr - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Two (realistic) places I want to see before they box me up: Barranca del Cobre and someplace in Central America (likely Costa Rica) where I can fish (tarpon and offshore), swim, herp-splore and birdwatch.”
“She saw me, and kend me in the splore, for the mask fell frae my face for a blink.”
“Soon's I get well I'm going to 'splore through those woods for shiny pieces of metal.”
The Secret Of The Mansion
“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.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“If we had not the recreation now and then of a bit splore with the sword, we should be lazily rotting to decay.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“It is true that Nicol Beg threatened the church-officer with his dirk when he came to cite him before the session a few days after the splore in Inneraora, but he stood his trial like a good Christian all the same, he and half a score of his clan, as many as the church court could get the names of.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“Thou kens how he bred sic a splore [raised such a row]”
“She saw me and ken'd me in the splore, for the mask fell frae my face for a blink.”
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