vendue
a public auction.
Origin of vendue
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How to use vendue in a sentence
In the same year we meet for the first time, vendue masters and public auctions.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington GreeneWhen my husband would not pay the war tax, as Friends would not, the vendue master took away these tankards and sold them.
The Red City | S. Weir MitchellAlso in this same year it is named as the place of public vendue of land situated on Broadway.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersBut I never could, and I never shall, abide the sight of the red and ruthless flag of the vendue-master.
vendue--no person to sell goods by, unless licensed, those exempt by act of parliament excepted, under the penalty of 50l.
The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) | David Dickinson Mann
British Dictionary definitions for vendue
/ (ˈvɛndjuː) /
US a public sale; auction
Origin of vendue
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