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Infiltrating a Bachelorette Party

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"People normally do not throw a bachelor party without a bachelor."

JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS, writing the majority opinion in a Supreme Court ruling that the police were entitled to arrest late-night partygoers in a vacant house that some detainees had claimed was being used for a bachelor party.

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Urban Dictionary: Six Figures

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Six%20Figures

Six Figures. Money amount with six digits. Anywhere from 100k to 999K. Look at that frugal foo. He makes six figures but he shops at 99 cents store. #six figures ..

bachelorette

/batʃələˈrɛt/

學習發音

noun

NORTH AMERICAN

1. 1.

   a young unmarried woman.

   "a photo of each bachelorette accompanies her profile"
2. 2.

   a very small bachelor apartment.

   "a bachelorette in a high-rise complex"

bachelorette party

/batʃələˈrɛt ˌpɑːti/

學習發音

noun

NORTH AMERICAN

1. a party given for a woman who is about to get married, typically one attended by women only.

hurrah

Pronunciation: /hʊˈrɑː/ 

(also hurray /hʊˈreɪ/)

EXCLAMATION

Used to express joy or approval:Hurrah! She’s here at last!

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NOUN

An utterance of the word ‘hurrah’:they gave us a loud hurrah as we went by

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VERB

[NO OBJECT]

Shout ‘hurrah’:we waved our swords and hurrahed

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Origin

Late 17th century: alteration of huzza; perhaps originally a sailors' cry when hauling.

throw a party

Urban Dictionary: Throw a party

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Top Definition. Throw a party. To organise a party or some exciting event.

Put on or hold a social gathering, as in They're throwing a party to introduce their nephew to the neighbors, or She threw a party every Saturday night. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]