work bee

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a voluntary co-operative undertaking to do some task requiring the efforts of a number of people.

See: bee

Quotations

1958

A workbee was called on Tuesday . . . to start repairing the hall.

1961

Fifty men formed a work bee . . . to greatly improve conditions at the once popular picnic grounds.