sugaring-off party

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).

Quotations

1959

Barn-railings, corn-huskings, quilting bees and threshings were community occasions and so were the sugaring-off parties. . . .

1962

The Beauce is probably the best maple syrup district in Canada and undoubtedly has the best sugaring-off parties.