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单词 booze cruise
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Definition of booze cruise in English:

booze cruise

noun
British informal
  • An excursion to Europe by ferry, the aim of which is to bring back cheap or tax-free alcohol.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A trip to Northern Ireland has become the Irish retail equivalent of England's much-loved booze cruise to France.
    • But they must now continue to go on cross-Channel booze cruises.
    • Two ambulance service managers used a health trust car to go on a "booze cruise" to France, a disciplinary panel heard.
    • Even if you're popping over to France on a one-day booze cruise, look into getting some extra cover, because an accident or breakdown abroad usually costs a mint.
    • Other proposals are believed to include limiting "booze cruises" to France and restricting licensing hours, legislation which the Government only recently relaxed.
    • Many used time outside the jail to go on 'booze cruises', the fruits of which were smuggled back into the prison.
    • Our church group could be described as either having embarked on a cultural trip to Boulogne or booze cruise to Cite Europe.
    • I told her I was planning a booze cruise to Calais to stock up on hundreds of bottles of wine.
    • Profits at have more than halved as recession-hit firms cut back on champagne and a weak Pound hits booze cruises to its French stores.
    • They have been coming on their annual booze cruise to Calais for 14 years, loading up with up to 500 bottles.
    • Well, I won't elaborate, but my wife was not best pleased when I staggered back to England after the booze cruise and resumed my place in the kitchen.
    • You can snigger, but that extra litre could make all the difference on a booze cruise to France.
    • That is not including the wine they drink while on holiday or bring back from booze cruises.
 
 

Definition of booze cruise in US English:

booze cruise

noun
informal
  • 1A cruise with freely available alcohol.

    I quit my temp job so I could go on the booze cruise during senior week
    1. 1.1British An excursion to Europe by ferry, the aim of which is to bring back cheap or tax-free alcohol.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I told her I was planning a booze cruise to Calais to stock up on hundreds of bottles of wine.
      • That is not including the wine they drink while on holiday or bring back from booze cruises.
      • Many used time outside the jail to go on 'booze cruises', the fruits of which were smuggled back into the prison.
      • Other proposals are believed to include limiting "booze cruises" to France and restricting licensing hours, legislation which the Government only recently relaxed.
      • But they must now continue to go on cross-Channel booze cruises.
      • Our church group could be described as either having embarked on a cultural trip to Boulogne or booze cruise to Cite Europe.
      • Even if you're popping over to France on a one-day booze cruise, look into getting some extra cover, because an accident or breakdown abroad usually costs a mint.
      • A trip to Northern Ireland has become the Irish retail equivalent of England's much-loved booze cruise to France.
      • You can snigger, but that extra litre could make all the difference on a booze cruise to France.
      • Two ambulance service managers used a health trust car to go on a "booze cruise" to France, a disciplinary panel heard.
      • Well, I won't elaborate, but my wife was not best pleased when I staggered back to England after the booze cruise and resumed my place in the kitchen.
      • They have been coming on their annual booze cruise to Calais for 14 years, loading up with up to 500 bottles.
      • Profits at have more than halved as recession-hit firms cut back on champagne and a weak Pound hits booze cruises to its French stores.
 
 
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