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Definition of Spelldowns
1. spelldown [n] - See also: spelldown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spelldowns
Literary usage of Spelldowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Center by Edward Joshua Ward (1913)
"There was the spirit of neighborhood there—not only in the sociables, the
spelldowns, and singing school, but in the meetings where folks just listened to ..."
2. The Social Center by Edward Joshua Ward (1913)
"There was the spirit of neighborhood there—not only in the sociables, the
spelldowns, and singing school, but in the meetings where folks just listened to ..."
3. The Social Center by Edward Joshua Ward (1913)
"There was the spirit of neighborhood there—not only in the sociables, the
spelldowns, and singing school, but in the meetings where folks just listened to ..."
4. Industrial Education: Typical Experiments Described and Interpreted by Samuel Chester Parker, F. M. Leavitt, Arthur Coleman Manahan (1912)
"... drill, handing back papers, discussion, or personal help to pupils who may be
back in their work on account of excusable absences, or (5) "spelldowns," ..."
5. The Common-word Spellers: A Two-book Course in Spelling for the Common Schools by Ervin Eugene Lewis (1921)
"In the several review lists and "spelldowns" teach the pupils to discriminate
between the words they are already sure of and those requiring more study. ..."
6. The Common-word Spellers: A Two-book Course in Spelling for the Common Schools by Ervin Eugene Lewis (1921)
"Eeview Note 43, Book One. NOTE 11 (page 44). In the several review lists
and "spelldowns" teach the pupils to discriminate ..."
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