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spellathon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A spelling bee held to raise money for charity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand

Examples

  • 1998, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, The United States and India, 1776-1996: The Bridge Over the River Time, page 284, The annual Spellathon organised by the Scripps-Howard group of publications is the nation′s premier spelling contest and about 8 million students across the nation participated.
  • 2007, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, Volume 289, page 18, Most of us who are parents know that it takes a lot of pie and lamington drives, spellathons and school fetes to generate the money needed to complete many worthwhile school projects.

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History

Etymology

From spell + -athon.