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slave auction

slave auction noun: a lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.

Noun

slave auction (plural slave auctions)

  1. A lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.
    • She wants to know if Mr. Howard will approve one of the student council's fund-raising activities: a slave auction. She didn't think there would be any problem with it, but the student council advisor thought it would be best if she and Chad, the activities chair, cleared everything with the...1999, Arthur Wright Combs, Ann B. Miser, Kathryn S. Whitaker, On Becoming a School Leader: A Person-centered Challenge, page 156
    • 'I've got a super idea,' queried ^([sic]) a ninth-grade girl. 'Why don't we have a slave auction like the high school does? We could auction off people to do a certain thing and then give the money for some cause or something.'2022, Robert B. Everhart, Reading, Writing and Resistance
  2. (historical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slave, auction. (an auction where slaves are sold)

Forms of slave auction

pluralslave auctions

Questions about slave auction

What does slave auction mean?
Slave auction means a lighthearted fundraising event where people volunteer to be bid upon in an auction, and act as servants to the winning bidders for a short period afterwards.
What part of speech is slave auction?
Slave auction is a noun.
What is the plural of slave auction?
The plural of slave auction is slave auctions.

Words near slave auction in the dictionary

  1. slavas
  2. Slavdom
  3. slave
  4. slave ant
  5. slave ants
  6. slave auction
  7. slave auctions
  8. slave away
  9. slave boy
  10. slave boys
  11. slave bracelet

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