jumble sale
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jumble sale
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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"I just think fast fashion, we don't need it. We were all brought up in jumble sale clothes and it doesn't matter if they get dirty that way either."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
Cutting-edge performance artists staged happenings and smart collectors trolled to find future art stars at jumble sale prices.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2011
The Parsonage rapidly assumed the appearance of a clothing warehouse or permanent jumble sale, and Paddy’s first real laugh broke out one afternoon when she came over to help sew on name-tapes.
From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Page, Gertrude
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