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Revel-rout

Revel-rout \Rev"el-rout`\, n. [See Rout.]

  1. Tumultuous festivity; revelry. [Obs.]
    --Rowe.

  2. A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. [Obs.]

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revel-rout

n. 1 (context obsolete English) tumultuous festivity; revelry 2 (context obsolete English) A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.

Usage examples of "revel-rout".

A measure begins all unrejoiced By the tympanies and the thyrsos hoist Of the Bromian revel-rout, O ye domes!

Experience had also taught her that while she understood and sympathized with schoolboys’ pranks, she would never be able to understand what Harry and his friends found to amuse them in their revel-routs, which seemed invariably to start with what he called a spread, or (as she gathered) a wine-party.

He looked to be the very antithesis of his brother, which indeed he was, for his character was as frivolous as his raiment, he had never showed any disposition to devote himself to his studies, and far too much disposition to squander his inheritance on revel-routs, expensive little barques of frailty, games of chance, and the adornment of his person.