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Definition of Spelling bee
1. Noun. A contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly.
Definition of Spelling bee
1. Noun. A spelling competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell words; the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spelling Bee
Literary usage of Spelling bee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1904)
"THE spelling bee AT ANGELS ... But as from school yer driftin' by, I thowt ye'd
like to hear Of a " spelling bee " at Angels that we organized last year. ..."
2. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"A spelling bee is a company met together to compete with each other in spelling.
... spelling bee ..."
3. Seed Thoughts for Public Speakers by Arthur Tappan Pierson (1900)
"... old folks' and old fashion, pink and pound, quarterly, reading and raspberry,
spelling- bee and strawberry, tea-drinking, tableaux and Thanksgiving, ..."
4. My Colonial Service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia by George William Des Vœux (1903)
"TRINIDAD CHAPTER IA spelling-bee—Mr. Robert Lowe (Lord Sherbrooke) ... AT one
time there was much in vogue a diversion called a " spelling-bee. ..."
5. "Quad's Odds" by M. Quad (1875)
"THEIR spelling bee. evening old Mr. and Mrs. Coffin sat in their cozy back parlor,
he reading his paper and she knitting, while the family cat, ..."
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