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noun

Jamboree n.

A noisy or unrestrained carousal or frolic; a spree. (Slang) "A Calcutta-made pony cart had been standing in front of the manager's bungalow when Raja Singh started on his jamboree."

A large festive gathering.

An assembly of boy scouts, usually at the national or international level, including camping among the activities; a term adopted by the Boy Scouts organization.

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Etymology of 'Jamboree'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jamboree" Quotes from Famous Books

... black pigtails and used to carry a bucket into the family entrance of Harry's place, crying with madness every time your old man sent you. Gad! I can see you yet, sweetness, with your big black eyes blacker than ever, and steering home your old man from off a jamboree." ...

— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst

... of me! It's nothing or everything with me. The first cocktail, and I'd be off on a jamboree. Then she'd know, and I'd blow out my brains with the shame of it. She thinks I'm the finest fellow in the world now, and so she shall if I suffer ...

— The Californians • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

... at Elbow, saying: 'Nix on the Acrobatics or you'll lose your Number.' Now I'm a regular honest-to-goodness Married Woman and I don't recognize any Limit except the Sky-Line. I grabbed you because I knew you had been to all the Places that keep Open and could frame up a new Jamboree every day in the Year. I'm going to plow an 8-foot Furrow across Europe and Dine forevermore at Swell Joints where famous Show Girls pass so close to your Table that you can almost reach out and Touch them. I'm going to Travel 12 ...

— Knocking the Neighbors • George Ade

Words linked to "Jamboree" : celebration, gala affair