jumble sale

noun

, British.

1. rummage sale.

jumble sale

noun

1. a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charity US and Canadian equivalentrummage sale

Word History and Origins

Origin of jumble sale¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

They’d found a piece of fabric in a jumble sale together.

From Los Angeles Times

More than a century later, the book was found among a pile of books at a charity jumble sale by Cindie Raven in Dorset.

From BBC

Charity shops and jumble sales have long offered a reliable way to extend the life of clothes.

From BBC

He unwittingly releases a drift of pigs from a house and later comes across an elegant jumble sale of a man who wields his walking stick like a “conductor’s baton.”

From New York Times

Groups in some of the poorest areas of England have been hit by social distancing measures ending jumble sales, quizzes and car washes, it says, as it launches a fundraising campaign.

From BBC