DCHP-1 Online

taffy-pull

• 1 n. a social affair at which taffy is made from maple syrup or other syrups, as sugar-molasses.

  See also: taffy social  

  • 1895  A taffy pull will be given by Rev. Father Blais . . . to the children of Mount Carmel Convent.
  • 1926  We had planned a taffy pull but the ball game was so prolonged that we only succeeded in making fudge.
  • 1949  This first Christmas party at Rossland was a taffy pull and everyone had a wonderful time.
  • 1963  So the evening went, ending with dancing and a taffee pull for the younger elves

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

  See also: sugaring-off party  

  • 1905  It frequently brought the young folks together in gatherings called "taffy pulls."
  • 1942  But the glories of the maple syrup season reached their consummation at Johnny Tait's taffy-pull.