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box social

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1882, OED Evaluation: N. Amer. (now chiefly hist.)

A fund-raising social event at which boxed meals are sold or auctioned, customarily to be shared by the purchaser with the person who prepared the meal.

ExampleMeaning
We had a lot of concerts and ah box socials and dances and ah they were just a joy to be with, yeah.
A fund-raising social event at which boxed meals are sold or auctioned, customarily to be shared by the purchaser with the person who prepared the meal.
ExampleMeaning
I said to Dad, "Do you think if I-" well, Melanie wanted to know if I'd bring a box and go to the box social. I said, "Is it alright dad if I could go up-" 'Course Dad stayed overnight to help Dale do what he had to do, so (laughs) yes, I got going up, so we made a box and-that.
A fund-raising social event at which boxed meals are sold or auctioned, customarily to be shared by the purchaser with the person who prepared the meal.
Speaker: And they had box-socials. Interviewer: Yeah, and what was the kind of socials? Box- Speaker: Box-socials. Interviewer: Oh yes, I hear of the box-socials.
A fund-raising social event at which boxed meals are sold or auctioned, customarily to be shared by the purchaser with the person who prepared the meal.