ice-cream social
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ice-cream social
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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On their first Fourth of July in town, Castle and Spalding threw an ice-cream social, complete with gallons of homemade toppings, then sat around worrying that no one would show up.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
The ice-cream social has become an annual ritual; this Independence Day, Spalding and Castle gave away more than four hundred sundaes.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018
Prevette wasn’t suspended—he was kept out of his classroom for one day and missed an ice-cream social.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2018
An old-fashioned festival with sack races, seed-spitting contests and an ice-cream social will follow.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2013
There's to be an ice-cream social at the schoolhouse next Saturday evening.
From Daddy-Long-Legs by Webster, Jean
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