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Junket

noun

Dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet.

A journey taken for pleasure. Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, sashay. "It was merely a pleasure trip" , "After cautious sashays into the field"

A trip taken by an official at public expense.

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"Junket" Quotes from Famous Books

... all as colder or warmer. Then quickly turn in the water with the tablet melted in it, stirring it only once, and pour immediately into small cups on the table. These must stand for half and hour without being moved, and then the junket will be stiff, and the cups can be put in the ice-box. In winter you must warm the cups till they are like the milk. This is very nice with a spoonful of whipped cream on each cup, and bits of preserved ginger or of ...

— A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl • Caroline French Benton

... had a gifted representative to appear for them before the legislative finance committee. Institutions vied with each other in providing the best entertainment to these committees as they made their week-end junket trips over the ...

— The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox • Charles E. Morris

... such a rich, palatable quality and exquisitely smooth, creamy texture that the dinner becomes a pleasant memory. Junket ice cream can be prepared in a great variety of ways, or Junket may be served as ...

— Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties - With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes • Janet McKenzie Hill

Words linked to "Junket" : pleasure trip, host, trip, afters, travel, eat, sweet, airing, sashay, journey, expedition, jaunt, dessert, journeying, wine and dine, field trip, banquet