house-raising
- n construction by a group of neighbors
- To honor the big house-raising, the Pineville Bakery had donated a giant cake that bore on its icing a verse from the Second Book of Kings: "Let us make a little chamber, I pray .
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- Cedar Valley shows love for Taylor Morris at Lt. Dan concert
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Taylor Morris, Danielle Kelly, their families and a few thousand of their close friends turned out for a big house-raising party Saturday night, courtesy of actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band.
Aug. 4, 2013 - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
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- Richard Ford in New York Times
Mr. Ford spoke at the ceremony of the "valiant and hopeful house-raising," and those words captured the spirit of an enterprise that seemed as much a challenge to the future as a foundation for something new.