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单词 church supper
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church supper
church supper n. chiefly North American a communal (evening) meal organized by a church, typically as a social or fund-raising event.
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1823 Courier 28 Aug. 4/1 The term given in the North to the harvest-home, or entertainment, which is Mell-Supper, is thought to..signify nearly the same as the kern or church supper.
1888 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 302 I now feel free of the coffee-drinking vice, and will have no more trouble with it unless I shall again fall victim to a church supper.
1975 H. Duncan Treehouse i. 9 Her mother never went to afternoon teas,..Church Suppers, Sunday School picnics, or miscellaneous affairs of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire.
2002 New Yorker 6 May 60/3 His manner, as he shook every hand in the room, was that of a polite and friendly person who has been to a great many church suppers.
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