carousal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

carousal
    n 1: revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party [syn:
         {carouse}, {carousal}, {bender}, {toot}, {booze-up}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Carousal \Ca*rous"al\, n. [See {Carouse}, but also cf. F.
   carrousel tilt.]
   A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.
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         The swains were preparing for a carousal. --Sterne.

   Syn: Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See {Feast}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "carousal":
      bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bender, binge, booze,
      bout, brannigan, bust, carouse, celebration, compotation, debauch,
      debauchery, debauchment, dissipation, drinking bout, drunk,
      drunken carousal, escapade, fling, free living, guzzle,
      high living, jag, killing pace, lark, licentiousness, orgy, ploy,
      potation, pub-crawl, randan, randy, revel, riotous living,
      saturnalia, spree, symposium, tear, toot, wassail, wingding

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