ice-cream social

noun

, Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice-cream social¹

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg