-thon
suffix
indicating a large-scale event or operation of a specified kind
-thon
1 Britishsuffix
thon
2
British
/ ðɒn /
determiner
Etymology
Origin of -thon1
C20: on the pattern of marathon
Origin of thon2
C19: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Most of these made little impact, though one - "thon", a contraction of "that one" - got into two American dictionaries.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2015
Manhattan's Lord & Taylor opened a special shop, "Great Snakes," last month, stocked it with everything from real py thon tunics to synthetic-snake robes, jackets and dresses, and fake python steamer trunks.
From Time Magazine Archive
He got unexpected help from Germany's Wilhelm Bungert, who upset Australia's No. 1 -seeded Roy Emerson in a mara thon quarterfinal.
From Time Magazine Archive
And here’s good-bye to ye, my braw woman; and I’ll no’ forget thon of the cinnamon-water.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Sure thon's a quare steady fellow, thon Doctor, an' he will hae an eye to Henry."
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
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