husking bee

English

Noun

husking bee (plural husking bees)

  2. (US, chiefly historical) A social event involving the husking of corn.

Usage notes

Formerly a way to expedite a necessary task while fostering communal labor and morale; now mostly unnecessary (thanks to mechanization) but sometimes still celebrated via social tradition.

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