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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of jumble sale

First recorded in 1895–1900


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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

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

The other similarity with the traditional car park jumble sale is that the artworks are sold for knockdown prices - with pieces changing hands for as little as £10.

From BBC ● May 28, 2012

I could fill closets with the inexpensive home equipment and DVDs if I hadn’t donated them to our local library for their annual jumble sale.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2010

Or to the curate's wife, for a jumble sale.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh

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