drinkfest

noun

drinkfest

noun

Etymology From drink + -fest. Compare German Trinkfest.

1

An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.

  • The ritual-social drinkfests are the focal point of Tagbanuwa life.1976, Frank M. LeBar, Insular Southeast Asia: Philippines, page 255:
  • In societies where religion and social organization are inseparable, and every authorized carousal is by association religious, the drinkfest was almost certain to become a religious ceremony.1979, Mary Barnard, Mythmakers, page 10:
1 more example
  • It has pool tables, lots of loud music and a small restaurant where you can line your stomach before competing in a drinkfest with the Oreños.2011, Vivien Lougheed, Bruce Conord, Bolivia's Altiplano - Lake Titicaca, Copacabana and Beyond:

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