junket
/jungkit/ • noun 1 a dish of sweetened curds of milk. 2 informal an extravagant trip or party. • verb (junketed, junketing) informal take part in an extravagant trip or party. — ORIGIN originally denoting a cream cheese made in a rush basket: from Old French jonquette ‘rush basket’, from Latin juncus ‘rush’.
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