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Definition of Cavorted
1. cavort [v] - See also: cavort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavorted
Literary usage of Cavorted
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)
"1882 Ker had whaled away, Bliss had sounded his nasal E flat, and Merrick had
snorted and cavorted all around the case, Critic, Sept. 7 (Star-Route cases). ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"In short, he cavorted most magnanimously. — Georgia Scenes. For several days
past, they [the soldiers] have cavorted around the suburbs in sufficient ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The glaciers you'll see were formed during this time, as the snows fell and the
woolly mammoths cavorted. Glaciers are not static entities; ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"and cavorted toward us with a cap-pistol, relic of the last Fourth, in his hand.
But what marked him were his clothes. At his throat was a knotted bandana, ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"Whereupon that pompous official cavorted off to the gate of the bull pen.
Pulling up in full course, however, he turned about and took up his proper ..."
6. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"... gang that ever cavorted through Palestine, but those are the best boys in the
world. This, however, was not the event; it was only preliminary to it. ..."
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