whip-around

A form of whip-round — A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.

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Meanings

nounwhip-around (plural whip-arounds)

plural whip-arounds

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKalternativeAlternative form of whip-round.

    BERTIE Ahern's explanation that he received an envelope stuffed with £8,000 in cash following a whip-around by a group of Manchester-based businessmen was branded untrue by the Mahon Tribunal.

    2012 March 23, Colm Kelpie, “Claim of 'whip-around' by friends rubbished”, in Irish Independent
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    After revealing a bizarre money trail of whip-arounds from friends, unsolicited payment for a Manchester dinner, wins on the horses, cash savings for property investments, bags of cash and a lack of bank accounts, Mr Ahern’s evidence was turned on its head by his former secretary, Grainne Carruth.

    2012 March 23, Sinead O'Carroll, “Gambling, lies, whip-arounds and the Teflon Taoiseach: how the world read Mahon”, in TheJournal.ie
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Chicago

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