Definition of "blackberrying" [blackberrying]

• The act of gathering blackberries. (noun)
• Present participle of blackberry. (verb)

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• "A southern italian priest on secondment in northern italy did not know that in the local rural slang 'blackberrying' meant adulterous dalliances, so he innocently mentioned it at a public function to everyone's dismay."
• "There is no part of farming that a boy enjoys more than the making of maple sugar; it is better than "blackberrying," and nearly as good as fishing."
• "Africa "blackberrying," so the men called their duty, Tom Fillot, one of their jokers, giving as the reason that the job was "black and berry nasty.""