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Definition of bachelor party
: a party for a man who is about to be married usually attended by men only
The plot is perfect. It's got three groomsmen taking a groom to Vegas for a bachelor party, only the next morning the three groomsmen can't remember a single thing that happened, that's how blotto they got.— Erik Hedegaard
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Recent Examples on the Web That night also served as Jamie and Seth’s official bachelorette/bachelor parties.
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Shawn Connell For Christian Oth Studio, Harper's BAZAAR, "Two Haute Couture Looks Were the Centerpiece of This Stunning Wedding in Capri," 17 May 2019 Kaulitz’s twin brother, Bill Kaulitz, who is also in the band Tokio Hotel, was there to celebrate the couple and helped throw Tom an epic Las Vegas bachelor party prior to his big day.
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Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, "Heidi Klum and Husband Tom Kaulitz Are Happy Honeymooners on a Jet Ski in Italy," 8 Aug. 2019 Nick Jonas:The cops got called on us three times during Joe's bachelor party on Ibiza
Others weren't so nice.
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Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, "Fans praise Nick Jonas' 'dad bod,' shut down body-shaming: 'We love Thick Nick'," 22 July 2019 Dawkins gave Bland some of the money to use at a bachelor party.
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Nathan Fenno, latimes.com, "After receiving probation, former USC assistant Tony Bland seeks to 'move on with my life'," 5 June 2019 Skolnick and his fellow nerds plan a bachelor party for Booger whose future in-laws disapprove.
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Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019 Turns out, back in 1991, before Steven Spielberg married Kate Capshaw, Jillette and his partner Teller performed at his bachelor party.
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, "Penn Jillette Performed a Séance at a Steven Spielberg Party," 13 Aug. 2019 Find out more about Spielberg's bachelor party, and a few other of Jillette's magician secrets, in the video above.
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Angela Watercutter, WIRED, "Penn Jillette Performed a Séance at a Steven Spielberg Party," 13 Aug. 2019 Emerson Kampen, Mack's former Butler roommate and now an assistant coach with the team, told a story in a Butler alumni publication about Mack’s bachelor party in Las Vegas.
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Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, "Shelvin Mack is still a Butler student cramming for tests, even as he plays in NBA," 17 June 2019
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