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auction block
[ awk-shuhn blok ]
/ ËÉk ÊÉn ËblÉk /
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noun
Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells:The auction block in front of the old courthouse was removed and placed in a slavery exhibit at the state museum.
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Idioms about auction block
put on the auction block, to offer for sale at auction; offer to sell to the highest bidder.Also put on the block.
Origin of auction block
An Americanism dating back to 1840â50
Words nearby auction block
Auckland, Auckland Islands, au contraire, au courant, auction, auction block, auction bridge, auctioneer, auction pinochle, auction pitch, auctorial
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