单词 | junketeer |
释义 | junketeern. Originally U.S. A person who (regularly) goes on or attends political or official junkets (see junket n. 3b); (also) a person who goes on or attends a junket. Cf. junketer n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] mirth-maker1592 junketer1721 merrymaker1797 junketeer1825 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] > feaster feastera1500 banqueter1549 convival1615 convive1651 convivatora1656 junketer1721 banqueteer1821 junketeer1825 feastress1837 tuck-hunter1840 1825 Pierce Egan's Life in London 4 Sept. 254/2 A thundering rap at the door, recognized at once by the junketteers as ‘Master's knock’. 1877 Boston Daily Globe 28 Oct. 8/3 Meanwhile the jovial junketeer would thumb his nose wickedly at a public seeking for more light. 1923 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Tribune 3 Aug. 1/6 Congressional junketeering in Russia as a vacation pastime may yet come home to roost tantalizingly near the junketeers. 1998 Independent on Sunday 30 Aug. (Culture section) 14/3 The entertainment press corps, or ‘junketeers’, are summoned to hotels to interview the stars. 2014 Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Oct. He is a prolific junketeer, happy to dine with powerful firms with a direct stake in government policy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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