whip-round
noun
chiefly British
: a collection of money made usually for a benevolent purpose
… had a whip-round to help the couple pay for a Paris honeymoon.—
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This is the first of our season whip-rounds of all the action happening outside of the Premier League.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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Jack Bantock, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Whip-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whip-round. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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