| 单词 | house raising |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse raising house raising n. North American the construction of a house, esp. the setting up of the wooden framework, as a communal activity; a gathering of neighbours to do this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gatherings for specific activity apple paring1656 house raising1704 quilting1768 bee1769 sing-song1769 reading party1781 rocking1786 cotton-picking1795 rolling1819 picking bee1828 candy pulling1834 candy pull1845 taffy-join1854 barn-raising1856 taffy pulling1863 coffee shop1880 log-rolling1883 taffy pull1883 petting party1920 play date1975 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > building or constructing houses > gathering of neighbours in order to house raising1704 1704 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1866) VIII. 223 I was at my L[and-]Lords house raising. a1791 F. Hopkinson in Edinb. Mag. (1797) Apr. 281/1 You may have seen a house raising, or a Ship-launch, when all the hands within reach are collected together: recollect, if you can, the hurry, bustle, confusion, and noise of such a scene. 1829 Vindicator (Montreal) 22 Dec. 3/2 A man..who, with some others, attended at a house-raising six miles from this town. 1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 451 The frequent necessity for united efforts at house-raisings, log-rollings, corn-huskings, &c. 1927 J. D. Freeman When West was Young 415 They would..reach the West in time for a big house-raising which would be given them by the entire neighborhood. 1949 Time 2 May 22/2 It was just like an old-fashioned house-raising bee. 2008 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 26 Aug. d3 Barn and house raisings were still popular in the '30s and '40s. < as lemmas |
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