spree

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spree / sprē/ • n. a spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind: he went on a six-month crime spree a shopping spree. ∎  a spell of unrestrained drinking.• v. (sprees, spreed, spree·ing) [intr.] dated take part in a spree.

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spree

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spree (colloq.) boisterous frolic. XIX. of unkn. orig
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