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- noun an occasion for heavy drinking.
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- noun informal a session of heavy drinking.
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- noun revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
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Examples
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Part club, part Fitness First induction evening and part almighty booze-up, tonight's event begins with an actual aerobics class.
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A burger is a lunch staple as well as a late night greasy-sponge after a good booze-up.
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Especially when you are asked to show that compassion while cowering inside your home while a gang of refugee teens use your front lawn for a booze-up; AND THE POLICE WILL NOT COME.
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When the tide turns against the "self-flagellating cultural suicide of left-liberalism and denial" and the sanity of self-preservation rules again, we should all get together for one great wopping booze-up.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I also learnt from him about the impending Web 2.0 conference in Tokyo from tomorrow, and a booze-up/launch party in a Tokyo pub on Friday.
Anyone heading to RSA Conference Tokyo 2007 this month? 2007
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Egad–the last “stirring basement offer” I had was for help getting to the stationary tubs in time(so as not to “shout for Wyatt” all over the floor), after a rare epic booze-up during my teenage years(I lived in the basement then).
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Luckily, a friend of Eric's was having a booze-up at his place, so we went there.
Revelations nysidra 2001
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Must have been a bloody good booze-up, thought Frost.
Hard Frost Wingfield, R. D. 1995
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I could forget all about the girls and have a last booze-up in the mess with my mates.
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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"Good to see that the British music industry still has enough money for a good booze-up," he said.
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