tag sale

noun

1. garage sale.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tag sale¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Last month, Martha Stewart held a two-day tag sale at her farm in Bedford, New York, where she sold her own stuff — lawn furniture, wicker baskets, Christmas ornaments and, according to a Curbed reporter, $40 ornamental concrete leaves.

From Seattle Times

“Grandma said you met her at a tag sale.”

From Literature

It was 13 years ago, and he came to your house in Brookline to buy some stuff at your tag sale.

From Literature

There’s no way she was in her thirties when she had a tag sale twelve years earlier.

From Literature

“He was at a tag sale,” Grandma said.

From Literature