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swap meet

noun

  1. a fair or bazaar where objects, usually secondhand, are bartered or sold.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of swap meet1

First recorded in 1960–65
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She was living in Laguna Beach when she stumbled upon a box of Victorian dresses at a local swap meet.

District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, an appointee of President Biden, said she found a sufficient amount of evidence that agents were using race, language, a person’s vocation or the location they were at, such as a car wash, Home Depot, swap meet or row of street vendors, to form “reasonable suspicion” — the legal standard needed to detain someone.

While the film starts in 1964 with the harrowing birth of the Warren’s beloved daughter Judy, the plot largely takes place in 1986, an annus horribilis for the misbegotten Smurl family from West Pittstown, Penn., haunted by an antique mirror adorned with three carved baby heads, picked up from a swap meet.

“Can I ask you a question?” an immigration agent asked a man at the Santa Fe Springs swap meet.

Since June 6, when ICE began widespread raids throughout Los Angeles, fear has infiltrated nearly every facet of life, as masked federal agents have converged on Home Depot parking lots, knocked on the doors of private homes, swept away street vendors, and detained people at a swap meet and gas station.

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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 ]

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