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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

... nothing unexpected in the fact that the train had brought him to an unexpected station. He plunged into its crowd much as a man in the mood might plunge into a whirlpool,—laughing as he plunged, for it was the most intoxicating splurge of color, din and smell that even India, the many-peopled—even Delhi, mother of dynasties— ...

— King--of the Khyber Rifles • Talbot Mundy

... on an' marry my husban' jes' ez ef nothin' had happened? Ain't yer goin' ter ast him ef it's true ner nothin'? Ain't yer goin' t' find out what's true 'bout him? 'R d'ye want 'im so bad ye don't care who yer hurt, or wot he is, so long's he makes a big splurge before folks? Ain't you a-goin' ter ...

— Lo, Michael! • Grace Livingston Hill

... having money enough to stay at the St. Francis, and to dine there and to wear smart clothes there that makes people step out and act sure of themselves. Even when they can't afford it, and their stay there is a splurge or an outing, they act just as sure and stepping. And as for the people to whom the St. Francis is but an incident they act sure because ...

— Vignettes of San Francisco • Almira Bailey

... You've got to be trained up to it or you're sure to fail. Suppose a man who knew nothing about the grocery trade suddenly went into the business and tried to conduct it according to his own ideas. Wouldn't he make a mess of it? He might make a splurge for a while, as long as his money lasted, but his store would soon be empty. It's just the same with a reformer. He hasn't been brought up in the difficult business of politics and he makes a mess of it ...

— Plunkitt of Tammany Hall • George Washington Plunkitt

... 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 ...

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

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