booze cruise

Definitions

1. A brief trip from Britain to France or Belgium in order to buy alcohol (or tobacco) in bulk quantities without paying excise duty.
   British
2. A recreational trip on a cruise ship or boat usually tailored to young people, with the expectation of heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages.
   Australia, US

Examples

“1998 November, Queen City Chronicle: Wedding Belles, Cincinnati Magazine, page 13, I was still a little tipsy, see⟳, because Tony proposed to me on a booze cruise. You know⟳ a booze cruise? That′s where they take⟳ a fishing boat and wash⟳ all the fish⟳ guts off of it at night and turn⟳ it into a party boat.”

““Goddamnit, Petey, you know⟳ I hate⟳ booze cruises at the best of times. A bunch of drunken assholes that make⟳ a piss-up at home look⟳ like⟳ a Tupperware Party.””

“They told us the corporation had taken their top salesmen to the Bahamas on a luxury liner booze cruise. Actually it had been a themed booze cruise, under the banner “The Best Damn Mortgage Company. Period.””

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