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Origin of jumble sale
First recorded in 1895–1900
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British Dictionary definitions for jumble sale
jumble sale
noun
a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charityUS and Canadian equivalent: rummage sale
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