harvest supper
Example Sentences
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Oh, I recited it better at the harvest supper; and you have no idea how the farmers enjoyed it.
From A Mere Accident by George (George Augustus) Moore
At the harvest supper or dinner the man who “carried the Pig” gets one or more dumplings made in the form of pigs.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
You are as much out of your place as a vintage wine at a harvest supper.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alas, the glad and sad times alike must die, and the dull prose of October follows hard on the wild jollity of the harvest supper, while Winter peers with haggard gaze over Autumn's shoulder!
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by James Runciman
Mr Burchell returned her a compliment for her intentions; but resigned her up to the chaplain, adding that he was to go that night five miles, being invited to an harvest supper.
From The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
