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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a community affair at which the frame of a neighbor's barn was put up, usually followed by eating, drinking, and dancing.
Quotations
1886
At Chief John Sickles' barn raising a plate fell and crushed Mr. Powles' foot.
1959
Barn-raisings, corn-huskings, quilting bees and threshings were community occasions. . . .