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strawberry supper

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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Speaker: ... quite a few things going every year. ... Used to hav-- yup, Strawberry-Suppers, Foul-Suppers and they're still on, but there's a lot of things that we don't do anymore. Interviewer: What's a Strawberry-Supper? Speaker: Well United-Church puts a Strawberry-Supper on and it is um, it's a hot and cold buffet. Um, like twelve-bucks I think it is- it'll cost yeah. And ah you buy a ticket at the door and hopefully you're gonna get in and get sitting down.
A fundraising social meal for which participants buy tickets, and where strawberries, strawberry shortcakes, and other sweets are served as desserts.
ExampleMeaning
The- each year they ha-- the United-Church celebrated they're hundred-and-ten years in Strawberry-Supper in the end of June and the Anglican-Church on the twenty-fourth of May have an anniversary dinner, a supper and the Anglican-Church has a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Sunday.
A fundraising social meal for which participants buy tickets, and where strawberries, strawberry shortcakes, and other sweets are served as desserts.
ExampleMeaning
On a- I d-- ah, ah, when I got into the hospital I had to see this woman, and I says "You-know I was going to go to strawberry supper tom-- tomorrow night." And she says "Oh you'll be able to go." ... Interviewer: "Get me up out of here. I can't be laying here 'cause I'm going to the strawberry supper tonight." ... the (inc) fire guy is still chuckling about that-
A fundraising social meal for which participants buy tickets, and where strawberries, strawberry shortcakes, and other sweets are served as desserts.