sugaring-off

In the week that had passed since the sugaring-off she had seen Dora once, and she had been more hurt by the restraint and embarrassment that the child could not hide than by all that had gone before.

Betty Wales, Sophomore Margaret Warde

And yet they were not unhappy; they were enjoying Dora Carlson's sugaring-off as though it had been a delightful college spread instead of

Betty Wales, Sophomore Margaret Warde

"Why, I'm going to have a sugaring-off tonight," announced Dora impressively, "and I should be very pleased to have you come."

Betty Wales, Sophomore Margaret Warde

"I am giving out my invitations for a sugaring-off," she said.

Betty Wales, Sophomore Margaret Warde

Not only did he make a comfortable bunk for himself such as he had frequently constructed when at logging or sugaring-off camps in

Ted and the Telephone Sara Ware Bassett 1920

And it was nice to smell that smell ... what _was_ that sort of smell that made you know the sugaring-off had begun?

The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

The sap trough might also have belonged to them, which would explain Paul's laugh, as the whole paraphernalia of a sugaring-off was on the outskirts of the encampment.

Lords of the North 1903

"Did she tell you she would like to see a sugaring-off?"

The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

Slight as it was, Ranald noticed the smile, and turning from her abruptly to Mrs. Murray, said: "We were thinking that Friday would be a good day for the sugaring-off, if that will do you."

The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

This combination sounded so terrible to Ranald that he surrendered at once; and it was arranged that there should be a grand sugaring-off, and that others besides the minister's wife and her niece should be invited.

The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898