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Splurge

noun

An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.).

Any act of immoderate indulgence. Synonyms: binge, orgy. "An emotional binge" , "A splurge of spending"

verb

Indulge oneself. Synonym: fling.

Be showy or ostentatious.

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"Splurge" Quotes from Famous Books

... Stebbins runs the newer set—those who hunt sensations, and make a splurge in the papers. It costs like smoke, of course—" And suddenly I stopped. "Look out!" ...

— They Call Me Carpenter • Upton Sinclair

... Betsey, do you know, will you consider for once, that to do a thing of the kind—to splurge out like Tannersoil, one must expect—at least I do—to sink a full quarter of my salary, for the current year; yes, ...

— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley

... a splurge," said Jimmy; "sooner or later everybody splurges—shows off! Meshach's jest spilin' with money and he must have a splurge—two hosses and a nigger. If it ain't a splurge I can't tell what ails him to save ...

— The Entailed Hat - Or, Patty Cannon's Times • George Alfred Townsend

... yesterday. I wonder what ails him now? She didn't take 'im out to church. Little Joe is at her house, but he is doing well enough for her to spare the time; I wonder if she was ashamed to be seen out with him after that first splurge. I don't know; she certainly is a plumb ...

— Dixie Hart • Will N. Harben

... Newport as Montague did, directly from the Mississippi Steel Mills, produced the strangest possible effect upon him. He had seen the social splurge in the Metropolis, and had heard the fabulous prices that people had paid for things. But these thousands and millions had seemed mere abstractions. Now suddenly they had become personified—he had seen where they came from, where ...

— The Moneychangers • Upton Sinclair

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