"party favor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑɹ.ti ˌfeɪvɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-party favor.ogg [Australia] Forms: party favors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} party favor (plural party favors)
  1. (US) A small gift given to a guest at a party, as a souvenir. Tags: US Categories (topical): Parties, Recreational drugs Translations (souvenir for a party guest): osallistujalahja (Finnish), pöytälahja (Finnish), alelomoʻo (Hawaiian), lembrancinha [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-party_favor-en-noun-LhEcLLoo Disambiguation of Parties: 71 29 Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 50 50 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'souvenir for a party guest': 90 10
  2. (informal, euphemistic) A narcotic, particularly an amphetamine, to be shared at a gathering. Tags: euphemistic, informal Categories (topical): Recreational drugs
    Sense id: en-party_favor-en-noun-Q12~MakO Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 50 50 Categories (other): English euphemisms

Inflected forms

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