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Splurge

noun

An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.).

Any act of immoderate indulgence. Synonyms: binge, orgy. "An emotional binge" , "A splurge of spending"

verb

Indulge oneself. Synonym: fling.

Be showy or ostentatious.

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"Splurge" Quotes from Famous Books

... At the outset it was perfectly apparent that she was not bent on breaking records—which feat, as a matter of fact, would merely have been overshadowing her best previous demonstrations of supremacy in things of this sort. There was to be no splurge. With a high European nobleman to introduce, she had no intention of having the protagonist in the evening's function overshadowed by his background. She was a student of social nuances—say rather, a master in this subtle art, and she proceeded with her plans with all the calm assurance ...

— Prince or Chauffeur? - A Story of Newport • Lawrence Perry

... Barbie was the centre. There, in one and the same visit, he distributed goods and collected orders for the future. Though his bill had spoken of "carts," as if he had several, that was only a bit of splurge on his part; his one conveyance at the first was a stout spring cart, with a good brown cob between the shafts. But with this he did such a trade as had never been known in Barbie. The Provost said it ...

— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown

... to make quite a splurge this year. They walk four abreast, with their arms locked, and their white gloves on each other's shoulders. Their truck has on it what they call "an allegorical figure." There is a kind of a business (looks to me like it is the axle and wheels of a toy wagon, stood up on end and covered with white ...

— Back Home • Eugene Wood

... methods of church work, and attempting, at least, to apply religion to the conditions around me. Every aspect of social life was in need of remedial treatment. Of course, I did not neglect the religious teaching, but what the situation demanded was ethical teaching, and, without making any splurge about my change of view, I worked at whatever my hand found to do ...

— From the Bottom Up - The Life Story of Alexander Irvine • Alexander Irvine

... but a splurge," said Jimmy; "sooner or later everybody splurges—shows off! Meshach's jest spilin' with money and he must have a splurge—two hosses and a nigger. If it ain't a splurge I can't tell what ails him to ...

— The Entailed Hat - Or, Patty Cannon's Times • George Alfred Townsend

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