whip-round
Britishnoun
verb
Example Sentences
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Putin did not respond to the invitation to attend the upcoming nuptials, but did offer to organise a whip-round.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
Welsh fans at the Hawk and Buckle pub, in Llannefydd near Denbigh, also showed their support by having a whip-round to raise money for the Ukrainian people.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2022
Lauryn is returning from Los Angeles to vote after her grandmother organised a "whip-round" to raise money for her flights.
From BBC ● May 23, 2018
I did a whip-round with friends and gathered commitments from others for him to go further should he pass the year.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2016
Mead and myself, however, quarrelled over the amount which I subscribed to the whip-round.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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