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noun

Jaunt n.

A wearisome journey. (R.) "Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aery jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest."

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

verb

Jaunt v. t. To jolt; to jounce. (Obs.)

Jaunt v. i. (past & past part. jaunted; pres. part. jaunting)

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

To ride on a jaunting car.

Jaunting car, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. (Written also jaunty car)

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Etymology of 'Jaunt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jaunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... their baser quality of ingratitude. For this man had not only enjoyed our free hospitality on three occasions, when he visited up-country, and the hospitality of our relatives at various times in other parts, but when he was about to leave for Europe, on a holiday jaunt, and wanted some one to take charge of his work, we left our own affairs and went to King Williamstown, at our own expense, to fill that post, and we filled it without a fee; but, see ...

— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

... a day or two," said Sir Otho. "We're taking a little jaunt about, and as Kitty wanted to see you especially, we came in ...

— Patty's Friends • Carolyn Wells

... has also opposed my paying the reward," argued Mr. Dodge. "She declares that the two boys were out on a jaunt ...

— The High School Left End - Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron • H. Irving Hancock

... left her morning's work to go to the meadow, and Canon Wrottesley looked down the road once or twice to see if by a happy chance some friend or neighbour might be passing to whom he could proclaim his boyish jaunt. The 'Well I never, sir,' even of a rural parishioner did in some sort minister to his vanity. An audience was a necessity to him. He regretted that his cloth forbade him to indulge in private theatricals, but he encouraged Shakespearean readings ...

— Peter and Jane - or The Missing Heir • S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

... After having walked round the island of Safal, we went to dine with M. Artigue in the island of Babaguey, where we spent the remainder of the day, and in the evening returned to the town of Senegal. Some days after this jaunt, my father endeavoured to find whether the plants with which the island was covered would be useful in making potass. He arranged with a person in Senegal to hire for him some negroes, and a canoe to gather the ashes ...

— Perils and Captivity • Charlotte-Adelaide [nee Picard] Dard

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