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   junket

   /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/

   noun

   • 1. an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense: informal "the latest row over city council junkets"
   • ▪ a party or event held for journalists in order to publicize a new film or other product: "during the junket, the actor opened up about his character"
   • 2. a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk: "a plate of junket"

   verb

   • 1. attend or go on a trip or celebration at public expense: informal "the mayor junketed off to Christchurch for a cricket match last week"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French jonquette ‘rush basket’, from jonc ‘rush’, from Latin juncus. Originally denoting a rush basket, especially one for fish (remaining in dialect use), the term also denoted a cream cheese, formerly made in a rush basket or served on a rush mat. A later extended sense, ‘feast, merrymaking’, gave rise to junket (sense 1 of the noun).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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