jollification

The barrister for the investors suggested to the court that some of the proceeds had been spent on "chartering yachts and all sorts of jollifications".

With equal ease, alas, it can turn musical masterworks into dance cliché or literary classics into fatuous jollifications.

By 6:15, I went down to the promenade and joined in the jollification.

This is a Guild Year and all manner of jollifications runs from Friday 31 August to Sunday 9 September, adding three days to the traditional week to mark Preston's first decade with city status.

"And as they crept into bed, there were never so many happy bats and pleased bats as these were at having had air-boats bring them home from their jollification!"