spellathon

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A spelling bee held to raise money for charity.
 * 2) * 1998, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, The United States and India, 1776-1996: The Bridge Over the River Time, |%22spellathons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22spellathon%22|%22spellathons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=MhcA5gZDEZ&sig=kc1kpbz5QcP9e6mdh01dxiZatRQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-FeUImULYSRiQeSt4CoBQ&redir_esc=y page 284,
 * The annual Spellathon organised by the Scripps-Howard group of publications is the nation′s premier spelling contest and about 8 million students across the nation participated.
 * 1) * 2007, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, Volume 289, |%22spellathons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22spellathon%22|%22spellathons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=kRLNJPVZUm&sig=3oS7wO4doN1jW6EjDVmC-ulfaEg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-FeUImULYSRiQeSt4CoBQ&redir_esc=y page 18,
 * Most of us who are parents know that it takes a lot of pie and lamington drives, spellathons and school fetes to generate the money needed to complete many worthwhile school projects.
 * 1) * 2007, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, Volume 289, |%22spellathons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22spellathon%22|%22spellathons%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=kRLNJPVZUm&sig=3oS7wO4doN1jW6EjDVmC-ulfaEg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-FeUImULYSRiQeSt4CoBQ&redir_esc=y page 18,
 * Most of us who are parents know that it takes a lot of pie and lamington drives, spellathons and school fetes to generate the money needed to complete many worthwhile school projects.