单词 | husking bee |
释义 | husking bee (once / 295483 pages) n WORD FAMILY husking bee: husking bees USAGE EXAMPLES“To think you’ve never been to a husking bee!” exclaimed Judith. Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) He was not on horseback, he had not expected trouble, in the middle of a husking bee, an occasion for frolicking and fun. Ann Petry, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Un...(1955) The husks were afterwards removed in the barn at a big husking bee or picnic, in which the neighbors took part. Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark), Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year(2010) n a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn Syn|Hyper cornhusking bee a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions |
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