ice-cream social

nounChiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.

Origin of ice-cream social

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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This could replace the ice cream social as the college freshman icebreaker of choice.
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The two are already appearing together, recently joining Rep. Jason Chavetz for an ice-cream social.
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News in a town where an ice-cream social is a sensation and a dog fight suspends business for three hours?
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Even the ice cream social would have been more fun than this.
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This, the women declared, they would speedily pay off by a big cake and ice-cream social in the hall.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 | Lucy Maud Montgomery

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