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whip-round

NOUN
  1. (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

How To Use whip-round In A Sentence

  • They said they're going to have a whip-round and now they say I'm staying for the rest of the season.
  • The airline didn't have any money, so the passengers had to have a whip-round to raise enough cash to refuel.
  • But before we organise a whip-round to make up for his shortfall, spare a thought for those who are having to cope with below-inflation pay rises.
  • A whip-round at the Warragul Hotel sent him to Hobart, where he won the Australian amateur flyweight title in 1963.
  • In the spirit of the time, a whip-round was carried out and I was soon clutching a fist-full of pennies and ha'pennies to make up my sixpence.
  • But that was not before Swindon cab drivers had completed a whip-round to buy a replacement set.
  • I said to my wife that perhaps I could have a whip-round at the industrial estate and see if I could get this lady's money back for her.
  • Well, the work colleagues could have a whip-round to raise the money instead.
  • A group of Japanese factory workers had sent some cash after a whip-round on their shopfloor.
  • And a whip-round among fans and staff financed travel to another away fixture last month.
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