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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 cornplay

  Familiarity information: HUSKING BEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUSKING BEE (noun)


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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