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Definition of Jamboree
1. Noun. A gay festivity.
Definition of Jamboree
1. Noun. A lavish or boisterous celebration or party. ¹
2. Noun. A large rally of Scouts or Guides. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jamboree
1. a noisy celebration [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamboree
Literary usage of Jamboree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... among servants in Pennsylvania to say, " all any more," instead of "all gone"
or all'i up. All wag blue (American), a jolly time, a frolic, a jamboree. ..."
2. Corporal Si Klegg and His "pard". by Wilbur F. Hinman (1887)
"All night the "jamboree" was continued,and ... wept like children when the news,
which they at first refused to believe, was fully LEADING THE jamboree. ..."
3. Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn: Together with Scenes in El by Samuel Curtis Upham (1878)
"... the sailors' pet—Furious gale off Cape Horn—The cook's galley capsized—Cabin
passengers on a jamboree—Another gale— Drifting about in the region of ..."
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