Thesaurus / rummage
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synonyms for rummage
- comb
- forage
- poke
- scour
- delve
- disarrange
- disarray
- disorder
- disorganize
- disrupt
- disturb
- examine
- explore
- fish
- grub
- hunt
- jumble
- rake
- root
- seek
- shake
- spy
- toss
- beat the bushes
- dig out
- ferret out
- leave no stone unturned
- look high and low
- mess up
- mix up
- search high heaven
- shake down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
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She arose to go, then sat down again and said, "I hope you will be able to attend our Rummage Sale."
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESUtterly irrelevantly, Stanton brushed him aside, and began to rummage anxiously among the books on his table.
MOLLY MAKE-BELIEVEELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTTMzli laid both books on the lion skin and began to rummage through her pockets.
MAEZLIJOHANNA SPYRIThen—for I was fretting to see and rummage over my new home with a measuring tape in my hands—we arranged to drive over.
THIRTY YEARS IN AUSTRALIAADA CAMBRIDGEIt would be meritorious not to leave a trace of pious men who rummage in your stomachs!
THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYLEO WIENERThese they carefully took out, and laid on one side, and then proceeded to rummage the boxes from top to bottom.
CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL, NO. 440VARIOUSNot another thing could he rummage up around the shack to help him, no yarn, nor twine, nor goods of any kind.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELL"We ought to have mental rummage sales and bundle out the rubbish we don't need," Christopher remarked.
CHRISTOPHER AND THE CLOCKMAKERSSARA WARE BASSETTIn the evening men went to bed, and during the night they heard a great rummage in the hall, and by the good-man's bed.
BEOWULFR. W. CHAMBERSCome down to the place with us to-morrow afternoon, Mumsey, and we will have a grand rummage, said Eleanor.
THREE LITTLE WOMENGABRIELLE E. JACKSONWORDS RELATED TO RUMMAGE
- burrowing
- digging
- dredging
- examining
- excavating
- exploring
- ferreting out
- going into
- gouging out
- inquiring
- investigating
- jumping into
- leaving no stone unturned
- looking into
- probing
- prospecting
- ransacking
- really getting into
- researching
- rummaging
- scooping out
- searching
- seeking
- shoveling
- sifting
- spading
- troweling
- turning inside out
- unearthing
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