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单词 whoopee party
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whoopee party
C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘characterized by exuberance or wild partying; rowdy; celebratory’, as whoopee party, whoopee world, whoopee cruise, etc.
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1892 Versailles (Indiana) Republican 12 May The Whoopee parties are plentifull.
1929 H. C. Witwer Yes Man's Land xi. 278 The divorce courts were getting too clogged, so they put the brakes on these whoopee romances.
1933 Broadway Brevities 30 Sept. 12/2 The cantinas, nite spots and other whoopee centers are invaded by the celebrating sailors, who invariably have a few fags in tow.
1949 Chicago Daily News 28 July 10/1 The people have not forgotten the District's scandalous record of extravagance and graft during the ‘whoopee period.’
1959 B. Livingstone Belle Out of Order ii. ii. 261 During my stay at the Vanderbilt, I had been drawn into New York's whoopee world.
1973 H. Burton Morro Castle i. 7 The Havana trip..suddenly turned into a ‘whoopee cruise,’ a nonstop drinking party lasting from five to nine days.
1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 369 When success was achieved on 22 November, we sent a really whoopee telegram to the delegation.
1993 Time Out 31 Mar. 15 It really is whoopee time at the publishing house if you find something really scandalous.
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