Synonyms for auctioneering
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awk-shuh-neer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔk ʃəˈnɪər |
Définition of auctioneering
Origin :- 1708 as a noun; 1733 as a verb; see auction + -eer.
- As in public sale : noun auction
- They all get a job on the railway, or take to auctioneering, or something with money in it.
- Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin
- Its leaves were tattered, and the librettist had long since renounced his pen in favour of auctioneering in the North.
- Extract from : « The Quaint Companions » by Leonard Merrick
- Bad Lot, a term derived from auctioneering slang, and now generally used to describe a man or woman of indifferent morals.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- The popular idea is that the inverse method of auctioneering saves them paying for the auction licence.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- The popular idea is that the inverse method of auctioneering saves them paying for the auction license.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words » by A London Antiquary
- No auctioneering, no huckstering—but a free gift such as only a great Englishman would have conceived.
- Extract from : « London in the Sixties » by One of the Old Brigade
- It was called an "auctioneering of honor," and a base way to come by a promotion.
- Extract from : « Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1 » by Jacob Dolson Cox
- Yes, but I didn't see any of them around yesterday who were handy enough to do your auctioneering.
- Extract from : « Twenty Years of Hus'ling » by J. P. Johnston
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