Meaning of Carouse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large draught of liquor.
2. A drinking bout; a carousal.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] therefore forward⟳ I went with my hey-de-gaies to Ilford, where I againe reſted, and was by the people of the towne and countrey there-about very very wel welcomed, being offred carowſes in the great ſpoon, one whole draught being able at that time to haue drawne my little wit drye; […]”

“Had our great Pallace the capacity To Campe this hoaſt, we all would ſup together, And drinke Carowſes to the next dayes Fate […]”

“[…] he hadde ſo many eyes watching ouer him, as he coulde not drinke a full Carouſe of Sacke, but the State was aduertised thereof, within few houres after.”

“The early feast and late carouse.”

“PORSON […] would not only frequently “steal⟳ a few hours from the night,” but see⟳ out both lights and liquids, and seem none the worse for the carouse.”

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