drinkfest

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English

Etymology

From drink +‎ -fest. Compare German Trinkfest.

Noun

drinkfest (plural drinkfests)

  1. An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.
    • 1976, Frank M. LeBar, Insular Southeast Asia: Philippines, page 255:
      The ritual-social drinkfests are the focal point of Tagbanuwa life.
    • 1979, Mary Barnard, Mythmakers, page 10:
      In societies where religion and social organization are inseparable, and every authorized carousal is by association religious, the drinkfest was almost certain to become a religious ceremony.
    • 2011, Vivien Lougheed, Bruce Conord, Bolivia's Altiplano - Lake Titicaca, Copacabana and Beyond:
      It has pool tables, lots of loud music and a small restaurant where you can line your stomach before competing in a drinkfest with the Oreños.