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plural of wassail
as in sprees
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before

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wassails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wassail
as in drinks
to take part in drunken revelry the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

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  • The first mistake is lavish office spaces, premature hiring sprees and inventory mismanagement that leave your budget gasping for air, Aberra says, adding that 82% of startups that fail blame poor cash flow management.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • After the ghettos were liquidated, Polish forces continued their killing sprees through the third phase, searching throughout the country for Jews who may have escaped, according to Grabowski.
    Zev Stub, Sun Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Wassails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wassails. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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