bee

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in pioneer days especially, a neighborly gathering for various kinds of work, often followed by a party.

See: frolic

Quotations

1814

Mrs. Chamberlain also had a bee, an apple-drying bee. . . .

1826

They always contrive to have some whiskey at these "bees," which are a kind of merrymeeting. . . .

1963

Community painting "bees" aren't what they used to be, says municipal councillor Joan Greenwood.