car-boot sale

British

noun

a sale of goods from car boots in a site hired for the occasion

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When Greg Pack picked up an old wooden box at a car-boot sale, he had no idea what he was about to find.

From BBC

He said he often saw embassy employees at a type of Sunday flea market called a car-boot sale.

From Seattle Times

A diamond ring bought for £10 at a car-boot sale 30 years ago is expected to fetch £350,000 at auction.

From BBC

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has rounded up some of his celebrity friends to take part in a charity car-boot sale.

From BBC

Melissa, for example, she of the supremely "kitchenly" kitchen, single-handedly saves the car-boot sale from a mob of "large, burly, pot-bellied" bargain-hunters, crawling over Rachel's Volvo "like maggots" and bellowing for "bacon sarnies".

From The Guardian

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