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jumble sale

American  

noun

British.

  1. rummage sale.

jumble sale British  

noun

  1. US and Canadian equivalent: rummage sale.  a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charity

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Etymology

Origin of jumble sale

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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They’d found a piece of fabric in a jumble sale together.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

At the jumble sale, “Where ladies of the village fight like visigoths for pillage” he found love and assonance among the bric-a-brac: “Romance perchance prevails at humdrum jumble sales”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2016

But in the church’s aisles, a used-book jumble sale and an exhibition by local painters take up far more room than the vaunted chapels.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2015

But you won't find these in a school jumble sale any time soon.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2015

"Five shillings I am bid for a forty-foot ladder!" said Mr. Armstrong to the Heavens; "I'd get a better price at a jumble sale!"

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

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