A great effort; a demonstration.
Members of Congress should not forget when Senator Benton was shinning around, making what they call in Missouri a great splurge to get gold.--N. Y. Com. Adv., Dec. 13. 1845.
TO SPLURGE
To make a blustering demonstration in order to produce an effect. A term in common use at the South and West.
Cousin Pete was thar splurgin about in the biggest, with his dandy-cut trowsers and big whiskers.--Maj. Jones's Courtship, p. 101.
Well, them was great times, but now the settlements is got too thick for them to splurge.--Porter's Tales of the South-west, p. 54.