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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

house-raising

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01 n. A gathering for the construction of a house by a group of neighbors, usually in a rural community, and sometimes accomplished in a single d…
  1. 1.
    A gathering for the construction of a house by a group of neighbors, usually in a rural community, and sometimes accomplished in a single day; similar to a barn-raising.