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View synonyms for rummage sale

rummage sale

noun

  1. a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.


rummage sale

noun

  1. a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charity Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)jumble sale
  2. a sale of unclaimed property or unsold stock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rummage sale1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

The Chicago Sports Spectacular, one of the country’s biggest and oldest card shows, is like a rummage sale from the days before eBay, but with way more money involved.

Bull remembers a conversation she had decades ago with a volunteer at a rummage sale at an Episcopal church in New Orleans where she was helping the church raise funds to build a labyrinth.

Everything inside the beach shack was tagged and priced, just like a rummage sale.

The Kelly family recently held a rummage sale in their front yard, and a white family walked over to introduce themselves.

The scene on a recent Friday at a Greenwich Village townhouse was like a cross between an art opening and a rummage sale.

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