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whip-round

noun

  1. an impromptu collection of money
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr, adverb to make such a collection of money
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Welsh fans at the Hawk and Buckle pub, in Llannefydd near Denbigh, also showed their support by having a whip-round to raise money for the Ukrainian people.

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"A bunch of morons who have a whip-round for a banner do not speak for me or the town," he said.

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"They were really positive, really helpful. We had a whip-round for them because they'd been so brilliant and then they cried."

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On the day the BBC visited, a class whip-round had raised £10 for a couple whose electricity meter had run out.

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Then there could be a whip-round among big backers to replace some of the shareholders who wish to sell at the proposed $420-a-share buy-out price.

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