basket dinner
noun Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
Origin of basket dinner
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Words nearby basket dinner
basket case,
basket catch,
basket cell,
basket chair,
basket clause,
basket dinner,
basket fern,
basket fish,
basket flower,
basket hilt,
basket maker
Example sentences from the Web for basket dinner
At a basket-dinner where he and his friends were drinking he took his last drink.
Sergeant York And His People |Sam Cowan