Synonyms for jamboree
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jam-buh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒæm bəˈri |
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Définition of jamboree
Origin :- 1866, represented as typical of American English, perhaps from jam (n.) on pattern of shivaree [Barnhart]. For the second element, Weekley suggests French bourree, a kind of rustic dance. Klein thinks the whole thing is of Hindu origin (but he credits its introduction to English, mistakenly, to Kipling). Boy Scouts use is from 1920. Noted earlier as a term in cribbage:
- Jamboree signifies the combination of the five highest cards, as, for example, the two Bowers [jacks], Ace, King, and Queen of trumps in one hand, which entitles the holder to count sixteen points. The holder of such a hand, simply announces the fact, as no play is necessary; but should he play the hand as a Jambone, he can count only eight points, whereas he could count sixteen if he played it, or announced it as a Jamboree. ["The American Hoyle," New York, 1864]
- noun noisy celebration
- Some of 186 them said they would rather not attend the jamboree at all!
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
- I can make allowance once in a while for the boys gettin' on a jamboree, but by Christmas!
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- I'll go somewhere an' finish my jamboree an' then I'll hit fer some fresh range.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- I reckon there ain't been such a jamboree in town for years.
- Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
- "Having a jamboree," said the hunter, drawing rein at the blazing doorway.
- Extract from : « The Treasure of Pearls » by Gustave Aimard
- After that jamboree las' night I feel's though I c'd sleep a month.
- Extract from : « Injun and Whitey to the Rescue » by William S. Hart
- They had delayed on the road to hold some jamboree of their own, and this lie about the white men was to account for their delay.
- Extract from : « The Pools of Silence » by H. de Vere Stacpoole
- Here was the hated tribe of rich men, the idle classes, all dressed up with flags flying, riding across the country on a jamboree.
- Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis
- My curiosity impelled me to accept the invitation to the "keg party" as such a jamboree was known among the students.
- Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
- Every woman's to have a new frock for the jamboree Christmas night; not to mention the trappings for the kids.
- Extract from : « Joyce of the North Woods » by Harriet T. Comstock
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