rummage sale
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.
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How to use rummage sale in a sentence
She arose to go, then sat down again and said, "I hope you will be able to attend our rummage sale."
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesNobody buys books at a rummage sale except the people who would buy them anyway.
Peggy Raymond's Way | Harriet Lummis SmithA rummage sale of toys added quite a large sum to the general fund.
The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays | Walter Ben HareThe kid started digging down in his pocket and pretty soon that table looked like a church rummage sale.
Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol | Percy Keese Fitzhugh"I should call it a rummage sale, and things are rather rubbishy," said Irma.
Irma in Italy | Helen Leah Reed
British Dictionary definitions for rummage sale
a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charity: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): jumble sale
US a sale of unclaimed property or unsold stock
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