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sell-out en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from sell out.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sellout.
    alt of sellout
    • A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:

Forms

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sell-outs Number=Plur lexicographic