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sugaring-off party

• a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).

  See also: sugar-bush party  sugaring-off (defs. 1 and 2)  sugaring party  sugar-party  taffy-pull (def. 2)  

  • 1959  Barn-railings, corn-huskings, quilting bees and threshings were community occasions and so were the sugaring-off parties. . . .
  • 1962  The Beauce is probably the best maple syrup district in Canada and undoubtedly has the best sugaring-off parties.