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Swimathon — The Swimathon is an annual fund raising event which takes place at participating pools across the UK. In 2008 it is expected that more than 19,000 swimmer will take part in over 500 swimming pools, raising money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care… … Wikipedia
swimathon — /ˈswɪməθɒn/ (say swimuhthon) noun See athon …
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Gillian Cross — (born 1945, in London) is a children s author. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for her book Wolf and the 1992 Whitbread Awards in the Children s category for her book The Great Elephant Chase.She also wrote The Demon Headmaster series of books… … Wikipedia
Gillian Cross — (* 1945 in London) ist eine britische Kinderbuchautorin. 1990 gewann sie die Carnegie Medal für ihr Buch Wolf, 1992 den Whitbread Award in der Kategorie Kinderbuch für The Great Elephant Chase. Außerdem schrieb sie die Serie The Demon Headmaster … Deutsch Wikipedia
-athon — suffix (in nouns) informal an event in which a particular thing is done for a very long time, especially to collect money: a swimathon | a talkathon … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
-athon — a suffix indicating an endurance test of a specified kind, as in walkathon, swimathon, often associated with a fundraising campaign as in radiothon, telethon. Also, (following a vowel), thon. {from (mar)athon} …
-athon — əˌthän noun combining form ( s) Etymology: marathon 1. : event or activity lasting a long time often for the purpose of raising funds jog athon 2. : an excess of something practical joke athon … Useful english dictionary
