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- noun Plural form of
husking .
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Examples
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From his lawyers and from others he had heard innumerable droll stories of life in the state legislature, and the state counties and towns — on the bench, at the rural huskings where the state elections were won, in country hotels, on country roads and farms.
The Titan 2004
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Today there's nobody out there in the huskings and I don't think it's going to happen until six, eight, 10 months from now.
See How They Run: Electing a President in an Age of Mediaocracy 1990
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Once the jug was secured, the huskings ceased, and it was a fair contest between the corn's owner and his guests to see how much or how little could be done before the jug-shaped goal was reached.
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At corn huskings, at plays, and elsewhere, when Negroes sang secular songs, some one was chosen to lead.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
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That was a way she had when I was courting, and we went along to huskings together, with the moon shining round.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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And they had "corn-huskings," to which all the neighbors came.
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This has reference to the singing of the Negroes at corn huskings where the leader sings a kind of solo part, and the others by way of response, sing a kind of chorus.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
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Their praise emboldened him to stand forward as the spokesman at schoolhouse meetings, lectures, log-rollings, huskings auctions, fairs, and so on -- the folk-meets of our people.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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They had corn huskings every Friday night, and they ground the meal every Saturday.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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It is just possible that if Lester had grown tired of his camera in the meanwhile, and had ceased to use it, my desire for one might likewise have gone by the board, but the snap of his shutter was heard everywhere and at all times, and even at night -- by flash-light -- in the barns, where the frequent huskings were progressing.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Various
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