spelling B

plural spelling Bs

1. rareEggcorn of spelling bee.

   I maid it to the Spelling B.

   1998, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets, page 25

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   Well, the Complaint Man said, ‘that’s no briefcase, it’s a mirror! So I went to the Mirror Man and he said, ‘that’s no mirror, that’s a hammer.’ So I went to the Hammer Man who is a huge fellow and he told me, ‘that’s no hammer, that’s a spelling B.’ So I went to the spelling B and they said, ‘that no spelling B, that’s a v-e-g-e-t-a-b-l-e.’ I went to the vegetable Man! Do you know what he said? Nothing! But-his secretary said, ‘that’s no Vegetable, that's a piano.’

   1966, Unattributed, “LOCKED IN A GLASS CREVASSE”, in Washington College, page 348

   [...] I have often observed my pupils turn with relief to some purely mechanical activity such as a spelling B, as I have known them initially reluctant [...]

   1973, Simon Stuart, Say: an Experiment in Learning, page 131

   Daniel Hamilton is winner of the Elon Middle School Spelling B

   1976, Elon College Community Church (Elon, N.C.), “Newsettes”, in The Torch : Elon College Community Church. 1975-1977, page 198

   I went into my drawer to get Learn to Spell, Book I, which I kept in my dresser to study for the Spelling B.

   2001, Howard Buten, When I Was Five I Killed Myself, page 82

   Joshua: "Just to clarify, I pronounce it DIE LEM A. I spell it dilemNa, I apparently am from another universe or dimension, as are many others." Daniel: "I am 34 and also clearly remember it as being MN. And not only that, i went to the state finals spelling B. But i also clearly remember Berenstein bears and some other things as well that are apparently incorrect also. I dont think age has anything to do with it but im curious if the same people who “misrember” things"

   2018, Joshua A Jordan & Daniel Holecek, “The Dilemma Dilemma by Rachel Callahan”, in Grasping for Objectivity

plural Spelling Bs

1. Alternative letter-case form of spelling B.