ice-cream social

a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.

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An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

This could replace the ice cream social as the college freshman icebreaker of choice.

The two are already appearing together, recently joining Rep. Jason Chavetz for an ice-cream social.

News in a town where an ice-cream social is a sensation and a dog fight suspends business for three hours?

Even the ice cream social would have been more fun than this.

This, the women declared, they would speedily pay off by a big cake and ice-cream social in the hall.

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