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buycentennial

buycentennial proper noun: the United States Bicentennial, seen as a consumeristic event.

Proper noun

buycentennial

  1. The United States Bicentennial, seen as a consumeristic event.
    • The City, in clear violation of the principle of the separation of church and state, hung banners all along the new (buycentennial-made) Chestnut Street Transitway and the Parkway, proclaiming: "Jesus, the bread of life."1976 August 28, Tommi Avicolli, “Dyketactics Hexes Church at Eucharistic Meet”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 3

Origin of buycentennial

Blend of buy + bicentennial.

Questions about buycentennial

What does buycentennial mean?
Buycentennial means the United States Bicentennial, seen as a consumeristic event.
What part of speech is buycentennial?
Buycentennial is a proper noun.

Words near buycentennial in the dictionary

  1. buyback
  2. buybacks
  3. buyboat
  4. buybull
  5. Buybulls
  6. buycentennial
  7. buycott
  8. buycotted
  9. buycotting
  10. buycotts
  11. buydown

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