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carousals

carousals is the plural of carousal.

Meaning of carousal

Noun

carousal (countable and uncountable, plural carousals)

  1. (uncountable) The state of carousing; (drunken) revelry; (countable) an instance of this; a noisy social gathering, often with much alcohol consumption.
    • —The ſun vvas ſet—they had done their vvork; the nymphs had tied up their hair afreſh—and the ſvvains vvere preparing for a carouſal— […]1765, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XLIV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume VII, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 155

Questions about carousals

What is carousals the plural of?
Carousals is the plural of carousal.

Words near carousals in the dictionary

  1. caroubin
  2. caroubinase
  3. caroubins
  4. carous
  5. carousal
  6. carousals
  7. carouse
  8. caroused
  9. carousel
  10. carousel fraud
  11. carousel frauds

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