junket
/ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/
noun
- A trip or journey taken for pleasure, often by an official or group at public expense.
- The company sent its top salespeople on a junket to the Caribbean.
- The senator's junket to Hawaii was criticized as a waste of taxpayer money.
- They called the business trip a junket because it included so much sightseeing.
- A sweet, custard-like dessert made from milk curdled with rennet, often flavored.
- My grandmother used to make junket from scratch.
- The junket was so smooth and creamy that it melted in my mouth.
- For dessert, we had a vanilla junket with fresh berries.