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jamboree
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1866, represented as typical of American English, perhaps from jam (n.) on pattern of shivaree [Barnhart]. For the second element, Weekley suggests French bourree , a kind of rustic dance. Klein thinks the whole thing is of Hindu origin (but he credits ...
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Jamboree may refer to: Jamboree (Scouting) , a large gathering of Scouts who rally at a national or international level In music : Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland Jamboree (Beat Happening ...
Usage examples of jamboree.
The postatomic horror that followed the blasts made the Bell Riots of 2024 look like a Boy Scout jamboree.
I got wind of a big jamboree which was going to be staged in Yavapai, a cowcountry town about a hundred miles north of War Paint.
Copley, who, by an altogether exceptional accident, was left working overtime upon a rush series of cut-price advertisements for Jamboree Jellies.
Allied Trades Centennial Jamboree, canonised for standing free drinks to a number of blind beggars on the Feast of Stephen.
On the floor, Saint Norman Kent, champion beer-swiller at the last Licensed Victuallers' and Allied Trades Centennial Jamboree, canonised for standing free drinks to a number of blind beggars on the Feast of Stephen.
I had met Bicky for the first time at a species of beano or jamboree down in Washington Square, not long after my arrival in New York.
The power of right thinking, of which could be found no greater force in this life, witness the successful exorcism of the crime-ridden Westland Mall by Pastor Bob, who had personally promised her via recorded message that he would be praying for Daddy during special request night at this month's All-State Angel Jamboree, when the lame shall walk, the guilty get happy.
She was looking down the road—long after Dick Artemus had returned to his Toyota tent jamborees in Jacksonville—to a day when she herself could be a serious player, putting to good use all the tricks she'd learned, all the contacts she'd made while baby-sitting Governor Dick.
During heavy-metal concerts we went unnoticed, but at the country-music shows — jamborees, they were called — people tended to complain when we barked through their favorite songs.
Down below, on Biscayne Boulevard, the King Orange Jamboree is in full swing.
They're talking about a weeklong jamboree that would include a charity ball, a 26-mile run andhang onto your cabanas!