mallemaroking

Etymology
Generally considered to derive from, although a specific etymon is unclear. Century and some other old dictionaries derive it from a confusion of two similar words, namely  (from  +, from ) and , but the first of those words is not attested, and the second is not attested with the claimed meaning (but see ). Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.