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a suffix extracted from marathon, occurring as the final element in compounds which have the general sense “an event, as a sale or contest, drawn out to unusual length, often until a prearranged goal, as the contribution of a certain amount of money, is reached”: walkathon; readathon.

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Also -a-thon, -thon.

Words nearby -athon

athletic support, athodyd, Athol, Atholl brose, at-home, -athon, athonite, Athos, athrepsia, athrill, athrocyte

How to use -athon in a sentence

Yes, the grotesque pamper-athon of excess that is the run-up to the Academy Awards is under way.
Dead Cool: Anna May Wong|Simon Doonan|February 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Together they embarked upon a 10-year, life-changing, mystical globe trot-athon.
Dead Cool: Madame Blavatsky|Simon Doonan|January 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When you see the Athon-Rajah coming, throw the first at him.
The Magic Bed|Hartwell James
So she said to him one day, "Are you quite happy here, Athon-Rajah?"
The Magic Bed|Hartwell James

There was an Athon last year who attacked a pehmet with forty men and one hundred and twenty rowers.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder|James De Mille
Oh no, it would be impossible for them to allow you to become an Athon or a Kohen.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder|James De Mille
Well, why couldn't I be made an Athon or a Kohen, and be exempted in that way?
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder|James De Mille