British Dictionary definitions for -thon (2 of 2)
indicating a large-scale event or operation of a specified kind: telethon
Origin of -thon
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use thon in a sentence
They are sure to get cheers rather than curses as word spreads that these are now Help-a-thon numbers.
So why not make what would have been the New York Marathon into the New York Help-a-thon?
Of course, Romney's campaign didn't invent the campaign call-a-thon, but they did tweak the formula in one crucial way.
The fleet was to land the army on the plain of Mar´a-thon, close by the sea, and only one day's journey from Athens.
The Story of the Greeks | H. A. GuerberHe, or she, sends you through the mail notices of "thon's" books and lectures.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I | Various
Page 139: Original text in footnote 'thon' replaced with 'Thou'.
The Roman Poets of the Republic | William Young Sellarthon, thonder; yon, yonder:—'Not a tree or a thing only thon wee couple of poor whins that's blowing up thonder on the rise.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceThe water barriers of the thon and the Aure were forced, and the plateaus to the north occupied.
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