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ice-cream supper

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noun South Midland and Southern U.S.
an ice-cream social held in the late afternoon or early evening.
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Origin of ice-cream supper

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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How to use ice-cream supper in a sentence

  • Bristow give a dance and ice cream supper and charged fifty cents admission.

    Shawn of Skarrow|James Tandy Ellis
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