garage sale

noun

1. a sale of used or unwanted household goods, personal items, bric-a-brac, etc., typically held in one's garage or yard.

garage sale

noun

1. a sale of personal belongings or household effects held at a person's home, usually in the garage

Word History and Origins

Origin of garage sale¹

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65

Example Sentences

From the sidewalk it looked like any garage sale notice.

From Los Angeles Times

She drives around in a golf cart to neighborhood garage sales.

From Los Angeles Times

There are so many Eagle Rock shirts, shorts, chairs and yearbooks that the family could hold a garage sale of Eagle Rock memorabilia.

From Los Angeles Times

The end result is like a vast, taxpayer-subsidized garage sale, much of it online, with the scale to rival most commercial retailers and the variety and sheer weirdness of a midcentury curiosity shop.

From Seattle Times

Paper works incorporate vintage beadwork purchased from websites, estate and garage sales in mixed media displays that honor the generations of Native American makers that preceded him.

From Seattle Times