Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To go in; enter.
- noun An entertainment given to friends upon newly entering a house; a housewarming.
- noun A wedding reception; the housewarming entertainment given by a newly married couple.
- noun Also
infair .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot., & Local, U. S. A house-warming; especially, a reception, party, or entertainment given by a newly married couple, or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house.
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- noun Scotland, US A
party or other celebration held to mark someone's entrance into a new home, especially the arrival of a bride at her new home; a weddingreception .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The infare dinners were just for the families of the bride and groom, and the bride had a special dress for that occasion that she called her infare dress.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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She can not manage the "infare" unless Susan comes home and helps.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Ida Husted Harper 1891
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"infare," as the wedding dinner was called, upon the table, and we stood about it to eat amid shouts and laughter and an exchange of wit as good natured as it was horrifying to bridal ears.
A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902
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The dreams were supposed to be truly related next day at the infare -- but I question if they always were.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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Commonly the groom or his family gave the infare, but often enough some generous and well-to-do friend, or kinsman, pre-empted the privilege.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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Next day atter de weddin 'day, Marse Will had de infare at his house and I knows I ain't never been whar so much good to eat was sot out in one place as dey had dat day.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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Maybe I had better explain that infare meant the bride's going home -- to her new house, or at least her new family.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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A wedding made imperative an infare -- that is to say, if the high contracting parties had parental approval.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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While the bride was changing to her infare dress, older hands quickly took down the bedsteads, tied up the flock ticks and shuck ticks in coverlids and quilts, shoved them back into the corners so as to make room for the frolic and dancing.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
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They stepped the tune to the singing of a ballad, nor did they tire though the infare wedding lasted all of three days and nights.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
qms commented on the word infare
To many a custom the South is heir
But many are gone to thin air.
No more are we blessed
By the welcoming fest,
Oh grieve for the vanished infare!
May 18, 2016