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Word: Junket
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old French jonquette ‘rush basket’, from jonc ‘rush’, from Latin juncus. Originally denoting a rush basket, especially one for fish (remaining in dialect use), the term also denoted a cream cheese, formerly made in a rush basket or served on a rush mat. A later extended sense, ‘feast, merrymaking’, gave rise to junket (sense 1 of the noun)
ˈdʒʌŋkɪt
an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense
Short Definition:extravagant trip or celebration
Examples:- the latest row over city council junkets
a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk
Short Definition:dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk
Examples:- a plate of junket
Word: Junket
Speech Type: Verb
ˈdʒʌŋkɪt
attend or go on a trip or celebration at public expense
Short Definition:attend or go on trip or celebration at public expense
Examples:- the mayor junketed off to Christchurch for a cricket match last week
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