splurge

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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.

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