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House-raising   Listen
noun
house-raising  n.  A gathering for the construction of a house by a group of neighbors, usually in a rural community, and sometimes accomplished in a single day; similar to a barn-raising.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"House-raising" Quotes from Famous Books



... view from? An easterly slope to be out of the trades? A big tree or two.... I'll find 'em all before dark. I'll be back by dark or at late moonrise, and you rest yourselves, because to-morrow or the next day we go at house-raising." ...
— IT and Other Stories • Gouverneur Morris



Words linked to "House-raising" :   building



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