roisters

present tense third-person singular of roister
as in wassails
to take part in drunken revelry the earl's wastrel son had spent the best part of his youth roistering and gambling

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“Roisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roisters. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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