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marooning party

marooning party noun: a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.

Noun

marooning party (plural marooning parties)

  1. (US, dated) A social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.
    • It was made with different persons, and fitted out with more of accommodation and comfort; but the other, as made with my comrades, was more completely a marooning party1806, George Pinckard, Notes on the West Indies

Forms of marooning party

pluralmarooning parties

Questions about marooning party

What does marooning party mean?
Marooning party means a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.
What part of speech is marooning party?
Marooning party is a noun.
What is the plural of marooning party?
The plural of marooning party is marooning parties.

Words near marooning party in the dictionary

  1. marooned
  2. marooner
  3. marooners
  4. marooning
  5. marooning parties
  6. marooning party
  7. maroonings
  8. maroonish
  9. maroons
  10. Maroot
  11. Maroota

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