| 单词 | husking bee |
| 例句 | “Are you going to the husking bee tonight?” she inquired mischievously. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “To think you’ve never been to a husking bee!” exclaimed Judith. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “But they say a husking bee is such — ” Slowly she began to realize what he had said. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Well, if he doesn’t go to the husking bee, nothing can happen, she thought practically. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He was not on horseback, he had not expected trouble, in the middle of a husking bee, an occasion for frolicking and fun. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d have husking bees, divvying up the harvested ears into piles and racing to see who could get through theirs the fastest, sometimes to find a bottle of whiskey buried at the bottom. UW-Madison professor creates new variable sweet corn variety 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z On that eventful evening, Mr. Simlins had a husking bee; and in his barn were met a fair representation of the Pattaquasset men and boys—especially boys. Say and Seal, Volume I None the less, they had been in the habit of meeting frequently, in company with others, en route to the weekly singing school, the husking bees and the choir practice. The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees The husks were afterwards removed in the barn at a big husking bee or picnic, in which the neighbors took part. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year I can look back to the first husking bee I ever was at. Autumn What do you know of old husking bees? Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study There was the stone bee, the husking bee, the "raising," the "moving," etc. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs Now were instituted "quilting bees," and "husking bees," and other rural assemblages, where, under the inspiring influence of the fiddle, toil was enlivened by gayety and followed up by the dance. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete On the frontier a coöperative spirit manifested itself frequently in mutual helpfulness, in house raising bees, husking bees, threshing bees, and other similar gatherings. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II And the simple primitive joys … I believe an old-fashioned husking bee, if they had plenty of hard cider to go with it, was just as bad as this—coarser if not so vulgar. Mary Wollaston It was a very common thing to have husking bees. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian No "husking bee," or "house raising" or merry-making of any kind was complete if Abraham was not present. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life But there was plenty of good living and simple diversion—husking bees and shooting in the autumn, skating and sleighing in the winter. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware The husking bees that formed one of our social diversions in Civil War days have disappeared, for particular machines now rip the husks off the ears. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry One night on his way home from a husking bee or house raising, he found an unfortunate man lying on the roadside overcome with drink. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life |
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