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

However, I recently picked up a second slow cooker, this one, at a garage sale.

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Surpluses set in motion a process that ends the glut: Just watch the last half hour of a garage sale.

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I bought this book for 50 cents at a garage sale when I was 17.

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From a stolen Degas to Ansel Adams negatives at a garage sale, we uncover more tales of art gone astray.

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