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slave auctions

slave auctions is the plural of slave auction.

Meaning of slave auction

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
  2. (historical) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slave, auction. (an auction where slaves are sold)

Questions about slave auctions

What is slave auctions the plural of?
Slave auctions is the plural of slave auction.

Words near slave auctions in the dictionary

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

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