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HUSKING BEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does husking bee mean?
• HUSKING BEE (noun)
The noun HUSKING BEE has 1 sense:
1. a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
Familiarity information: HUSKING BEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A social gathering for the purpose of husking corn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
cornhusking; husking bee
Hypernyms ("husking bee" is a kind of...):
bee (a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions)
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