sidewalk sale

American  

noun

1. a sale, often held annually, as at the end of each summer, in which merchants display reduced-price merchandise on the sidewalks in front of their stores.

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Example Sentences

At a recent Saturday sidewalk sale outside Car Artisan Chocolate in Pasadena, Cindy mused on what she has learned over the last two years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022

The residents of the small town in western Loudoun County had put out tables on a recent Saturday filled with books, plants and homeware, rolling out their first sidewalk sale.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

We meet her as she’s selling all her things in a sidewalk sale to prepare to move to a retirement village in Georgia.

From Washington Times • May 9, 2019

Before the weekend is over, stop by Greenlight Bookstore’s midsummer sidewalk sale, where hundreds of slightly worn books can be had at a discount.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2015

The only fat doll I had was a white baby doll that I got from a sidewalk sale.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan