marooning party
(US, dated) A social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.
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(US, dated) A social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic.
It was made with different persons, and fitted out with more of accommodation and comfort; but the other, as made with my comrades, was more completely a marooning party
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