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Definition of Splurging
1. splurge [v] - See also: splurge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splurging
Literary usage of Splurging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 Let us hear no more that you will commence writing when the editors have
done splurging.— Yale Lit. Mag., xiv. 43. 1848 To splurge is defined as "to ..."
2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... swinging and splurging, ... wild geese outside that every now and then would
make a great splurging and cavort- ..."
3. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... but you needn't think I'm ever going back to live in that stuffy little hole,
with Hubert and his wife splurging round on top of our heads! ..."
4. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... at 729 SW 15th Avenue, offers reasonable room rates and free parking; and if
you feel like splurging try the impeccably restored downtown landmark, ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"When this firm was splurging I asked this man to tell me of his past—and he told me.
Then he challenged me thus: "Go out into Main street and ask the first ..."
6. The Bookman (1911)
"... maid to an elderly virago who is splurging through the Riviera on her second
honeymoon. The elderly virago has a husband who is somewhat less obnoxious ..."
7. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1860)
"It offers an unexampled opportunity for a display of " splurging" powers, and
moreover, would fill a great waste of white paper, as awkward in its ..."
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