rummage sale

noun

1. a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.

rummage sale

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): jumble sale. a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charity

2. a sale of unclaimed property or unsold stock

Word History and Origins

Origin of rummage sale¹

First recorded in 1855–60