scramble dinner
An American regional term for a potluck supper — a shared meal where each guest contributes a dish rather than a single host providing everything.
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An American regional term for a potluck supper — a shared meal where each guest contributes a dish rather than a single host providing everything. The 'scramble' element suggests a casual, thrown-together quality. The term has a homespun, community-gathering feel, most common in rural or church-community contexts in the US.
Every Fourth of July the neighbors organized a scramble dinner in the park and the tables filled up fast.
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(US) A potluck supper.
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