jumble sale

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noun British.

rummage sale.

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Origin of jumble sale

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby jumble sale

Jullundur, July, Jumada, jumar, jumble, jumble sale, jumbo, jumboize, jumbo jet, jumbuck, Jumna

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How to use jumble sale in a sentence

Tickets go on sale to the public January 15; check back then for a link and an early peek at the inspiring lineup of speakers.
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In October, news broke that Regal hired Morgan Stanley to explore a possible sale.
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Dee Dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.
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Its first sale was a Dan Colen work, which sold for “something like $120,000 or $150,000.”
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But perhaps the most spectacular lot in the sale is a silver jug, a birthday present to Churchill from his War Cabinet in 1942.
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He conceived an idea of securing agents among the colored people, and in that way effect a good sale.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Fruit-trees are clearly too scarce, though Cherries in abundance were offered for sale as we passed.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
He continued its sale, however, as a kingly monopoly, allowing only those to engage in it who paid him for the privilege.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The duty on importation had been only twopence per pound, a moderate sum in view of the prices realized by the sale of it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
We are going to send our butler to the sale to-morrow, to pick up some of that sixty-four.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens

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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