1921, Ida Tarbell, “The Socialization of the Home” in The Business of Being a Woman, New York: Macmillan, It is only by much junketing about that one comes to the full realization of what men and women in the main are doing in this country.1910, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Miss Sally’s Letter,” Together they made trips to town or junketed over the country in search of furniture and dishes of which Miss Sally had heard.( intransitive ) To go on a junket to travel.Once entertained, with jovial magistrates and public funds, the idea led speedily to accomplishment and Edinburgh could soon boast of a municipal Pleasure House. 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, London: Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Chapter 10, p. 38, After they had built their water-house and laid their pipes, it occurred to them that the place was suitable for junketing.’Tis better than lying abed half the day, and junketing and card-playing all the night, and makeing yourselves wholly useless to every good purpose in your own families, as is now the fashion among ye ( gambling ) A gaming room for which the capacity and limits change daily, often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.2018, An Phung and Chloe Melas,"Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment", CNN entertainment, May 24, 2018Īn entertainment reporter who is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Freeman made comments about her skirt and her legs during two different junkets.A pleasure-trip a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.No 124., page 95Ĭonversation is the natural Junket of the Mind and most Men have an Appetite to it, once in the day at least. 1790, Ambrose Philips, The free-thinker, Vol III.Goe streight, and take with thee to witnesse it / Sixe of thy fellowes of the best array, / And beare with you both wine and juncates fit, / And bid him eate. I love your meads, and I love your flowers, / And I love your junkets mainly. 1818, John Keats, "Where be ye going, you Devon maid?":.A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.This in turn led to the sense of "pleasure-trip" (1814), and then to specifically to "trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment" by 1886 in American English. Meaning shifted to "feast or banquet" by 1520s, probably via the notion of a picnic basket. ” ), from Medieval Latin iuncta, possibly from Latin iuncus ( “ rush, reed ” ) and therefore a possible doublet of jonquil. A full truckload of junk, for example, costs more than a load taking up just half of the truck’s total capacity.WOTD – 28 September 2010 Etymology įrom Middle English jonket ( “ basket made of rushes food, probably made of sour milk or cream banquet, feast. For junk removal, costs rise as the volume of junk increases. Amount of waste/debris: The heavier the load, the more you’ll pay.C&D debris is often heavier, so it may end up costing more to haul away than general household trash. ![]()
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