basket-meeting love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gathering, usually in connection with religious matters and lasting all day, at which no regular luncheon is served, those in attendance bringing their luncheon with them in baskets.

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Examples

  • Your ma met him at a basket-meeting, and she thought he was an extremely pious young man, and they made a go of it.

    In Our Town William Allen White 1906

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