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bake sale

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noun

bake sales plural
  1. a sale of homemade, donated baked goods, as by a church or club to raise money.


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The life-limiting condition will eventually leave him reliant on a wheelchair and in need of specialist home adaptations, so the family are raising money pound by pound, bake sale by bake sale.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

“They’re not interested in covering the bake sale or the blood drive,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

The power of a humble grassroots bake sale is amazing.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2023

When I asked a group of students doing a bake sale next to the basketball court, they said they had never seen anyone there.

From New York Times Jul. 7, 2023

Felix spotted Benji working at the bake sale, wearing a cotton-candy-pink apron.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

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