tag sale

noun

1. garage sale.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tag sale¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Last month, Martha Stewart held a two-day tag sale at her farm in Bedford, New York, where she sold her own stuff — lawn furniture, wicker baskets, Christmas ornaments and, according to a Curbed reporter, $40 ornamental concrete leaves.

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“Uh, hi, um, Professor Thomas. This is Zoe Washington. I sent you an email last week, asking if you knew a man named Marcus Johnson. He said he met you thirteen years ago at your tag sale? I put his picture in the email, so can you please let me know if you recognize him? It's really important.”

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It was 13 years ago, and he came to your house in Brookline to buy some stuff at your tag sale.

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“Grandma said you met her at a tag sale.”

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“He was at a tag sale,” Grandma said.

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