"spellathon" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From spell + -athon.",
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        {
          "ref": "1972, The Educational Magazine, volume 29, page 20:",
          "text": "A feasibility study has revealed that $8,500 would be needed to bring the camp site up to standard. A mammoth spellathon or a walkathon have been suggested.",
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          "ref": "1978, Lawrence W. Prakken, The Education Digest, volume 44, page 37:",
          "text": "Old standbys like walkathons, spellathons, and candy and light bulb sales are common.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1998, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, The United States and India, 1776-1996: The Bridge Over the River Time, page 284,\nThe annual Spellathon organised by the Scripps-Howard group of publications is the nation′s premier spelling contest and about 8 million students across the nation participated."
        },
        {
          "text": "2007, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, Volume 289, page 18,\nMost of us who are parents know that it takes a lot of pie and lamington drives, spellathons and school fetes to generate the money needed to complete many worthwhile school projects."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sherryl Clark, Tracey Binns Is Trouble, University of Queensland Press, page 89:",
          "text": "‘My words were hard too.’ Katrina sighed. ‘It′s not like the spellathon. They don′t tell anyone if they′re right or wrong.’",
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        "A spelling bee held to raise money for charity."
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          "charity"
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        "(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A spelling bee held to raise money for charity."
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          "ref": "1972, The Educational Magazine, volume 29, page 20:",
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        },
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          "text": "1998, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, The United States and India, 1776-1996: The Bridge Over the River Time, page 284,\nThe annual Spellathon organised by the Scripps-Howard group of publications is the nation′s premier spelling contest and about 8 million students across the nation participated."
        },
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