vendue
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vendue
1680–90; < Dutch vendu < Middle French vendue sale, noun use of feminine of vendu, past participle of vendre to sell; vend
Example Sentences
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A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
From Project Gutenberg
Sometimes when there was a "vendue" in the house, reckless folk opened the front gate, and even tied it back.
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The boy told that the Doanes were at his father’s house, and the miller sent the word to a vendue in the neighborhood.
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Enquire of the printer hereof: Or otherwise they will be expos'd to sale by publick vendue, on Saturday the 11th of April next, at 12 o'clock, at the Indian-king, in Market Street.
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The pine tables, rush chairs, and uncurtained bed, had been purchased at half price, at vendue, and exhibited various tokens of decay; but care and neatness and order were displayed in their condition and arrangement.
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