booze cruise
noun
plural booze cruises
informal
: a boat trip centered on the consumption or sale of alcohol: such as
a
: a recreational boat trip on which alcoholic beverages are served to passengers
A 90-minute, all-you-can-drink 'booze cruise' will typically cost you $25 to $40 per adult. Reservations are recommended for sunset sails, which sell out fast.—
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b
: a boat trip to a location where alcohol can be purchased inexpensively (as because of lower taxes or no taxes)
"Then what's the point?" "The point's that it's the booze cruise. The whole deal is that the ship stays out in international waters long enough to sell stuff tax-free."—Caitlin Horrocks
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This isn’t a ‘booze cruise’ though, with most guests simply choosing to enjoy a quiet beer or glass of wine while gazing out of the panoramic windows, listening to the live pianist in the evenings.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
But even after being booted from the booze cruise, which was setting sail to catch the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show, Hyden refused to leave the pier between the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges, sources said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
While the women take a nice booze cruise down the Chicago River, the men celebrate their upcoming nuptials by playing baseball at Wrigley Field.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
The Charmers decided to fuel the fire by day drinking on a booze cruise, where Craig Conover opened up to Madison LeCroy about his long-distance relationship with Summer House star Paige DeSorbo.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
The world’s coolest booze cruise doesn’t involve a boat.
—Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
The origins of this effort trace as far back as an evening in the early 1990s, on a Potomac River booze cruise, when a 20-something congressional press gallery official, Michael Caputo, looked up and saw someone familiar: Tom Woolston, a 20-something CIA technical operations officer.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
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David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
But even after being booted from the booze cruise, which was setting sail to catch the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show, Hyden refused to leave the pier between the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges, sources said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 7 July 2024
While the women take a nice booze cruise down the Chicago River, the men celebrate their upcoming nuptials by playing baseball at Wrigley Field.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
The Charmers decided to fuel the fire by day drinking on a booze cruise, where Craig Conover opened up to Madison LeCroy about his long-distance relationship with Summer House star Paige DeSorbo.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
The world’s coolest booze cruise doesn’t involve a boat.
—Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
The origins of this effort trace as far back as an evening in the early 1990s, on a Potomac River booze cruise, when a 20-something congressional press gallery official, Michael Caputo, looked up and saw someone familiar: Tom Woolston, a 20-something CIA technical operations officer.
—Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
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“Booze cruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booze%20cruise. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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