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spell⋅down

  [spel-doun]
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–noun
a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; from phrase spell down to outspell others in a spelling match
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spell·down   (spěl'doun')   
n.  See spelling bee.
spelling bee  
n.  A contest in which competitors are eliminated as they fail to spell a given word correctly. Also called spelldown.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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