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; see vend
Example Sentences
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En 2019, une copie qu’il avait produite de son oeuvre Astro Boy mosaic, installée plusieurs années auparavant contre un pont de Tokyo, s’est vendue aux enchères pour 1,12 millions de dollars.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
That afternoon, with the stained-glass reflections of autumn colors blazing through my window, I pored over an 1832 vendue contract auctioning the care of three female paupers to the lowest bidder in Sandown, N.H.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022
It was of heavy wood–no flimsy thing like that one which he had burst open so easily the day of the Widow Harrison’s vendue.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
“Then I should say, ignorance on the part of the buyers at this vendue, exonerates the dealer from all blame,” said Eleanor.
From Polly's Business Venture by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
A vendue and a funeral were the only gatherings in country communities when the entire neighborhood came freely to an old homestead, when all were at liberty to enter the front dooryard.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
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