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stag party
[ stag pahr-tee ]
noun
- a social gathering or outing attended by or restricted to men only.
- a gathering intended or suitable for men only, especially one for the purpose of watching sexually titillating movies or exhibitions.
- Chiefly British. bachelor party ( def ).
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of stag party1
Idioms and Phrases
A social gathering for men exclusively, often involving entertainment considered unsuitable for women. For example, They wanted to give him a stag party before the wedding but John wasn't interested . This idiom uses stag in the sense of “a man unaccompanied by a woman.†[c. 1850]Example Sentences
The man had in fact been hired for a stag party at a nearby pub.
City officials say they are also in talks with organizers of stag parties about how they can help address disruptive tourism.
When Brits search the terms “stag party Amsterdam,†“cheap hotel Amsterdam†and “pub crawl Amsterdam,†a video showing the consequences of a “messy night†pops up.
The online ads, highlighting the risks associated with the excessive use of drugs and booze, will be triggered when people in Britain tap in terms like - stag party, cheap hotel or pub crawl Amsterdam.
In that same month, she attracted controversy for giving a junior ministerial role to Galeazzo Bignami, a lawmaker from her party who once dressed up as a Nazi officer at a stag party with friends.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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