marooning party

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marooning party - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Marooning.] [See Maroon a fugitive slave.]
     To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and
     leave him to his fate.
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     Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns
        several days on the shore or in some retired place; a
        prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
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