junket

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JUNK'ET, noun [See Juncate.] A sweetmeat. 1. A stolen entertainment. JUNK'ET, verb intransitive To feast in secret; to make an entertainment by stealth. 1. To feast. Job's children junketed and feasted together often.
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