raspberrying

English

Etymology

raspberry +‎ -ing

Noun

raspberrying (uncountable)

1. The act of gathering raspberries.
   • 1933, American Forests, volume 39, page 347:

     The thought of July raspberrying brings recollections of heat, bugs, thorns, dead brush, nettles, and great stalks of wild tiger lilies scattered among the brambles.

   • 1944, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Mainstays of Maine, The Macmillan Company, published 1944, page 88:

     Sitting down is the secret of good raspberrying. It is also easier on your pants and nerves, by the way. Raspberries call for a sitting posture.

   • 1957, Lura Beam, A Maine Hamlet, Yankee Books, page 138:

     During July and August, church, Sunday School, and prayer meeting returned, and there were strawberrying, swimming, the Pondlily Walk, blueberrying, raspberrying, blackberrying, […]

Translations

act of picking raspberries

• Finnish: vadelmanpoiminta
• Welsh: mafona m

See also

• bilberrying
• blackberrying
• blueberrying
• strawberrying

Verb

raspberrying

1. present participle and gerund of raspberry