swap meet
Americannoun
Usage
What does swap meet mean? A swap meet is a place, often physical but sometimes virtual, where vendors sell or exchange goods, typically secondhand. How is swap meet pronounced?[ swop meet ]
Etymology
Origin of swap meet
First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences
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Now the alley has more of a swap meet feel, he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Turning a blind eye to infringing sellers at your swap meet is infringement.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed a raid Saturday afternoon at a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs hours before a concert was to begin, witnesses said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025
Organization staff and volunteers fanned out across the Bakersfield area — to a Home Depot, a swap meet and other locations where the Border Patrol had been spotted.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
One afternoon while McCandless was tending the book table at the Niland swap meet, somebody left a portable electric organ with Burres to sell on consignment.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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