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carousal

 
(kə-rou'zəl) pronunciation
n.
  1. A riotous drinking party.
  2. Boisterous drunken merrymaking or revelry.

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Fowler's Modern English Usage:

carousal, carousel

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1. Carousal is pronounced -rou-zǝl and means a good time with drinking.

2. Carousel is pronounced ka-rǝ-sel, and means (1) a tournament, (2) a merry-go-round, and (3) a moving (and usually circular) conveyor-belt system for delivering passengers' luggage at airports.

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IN BRIEF: A noisy, drunken revelry.

Tutor's tip: During their "carousal" (drinking or fun making to excess), they loved to go riding on a "carousel" (merry-go-round).

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