rummage sale

Example Sentences

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The Chicago Sports Spectacular, one of the country’s biggest and oldest card shows, is like a rummage sale from the days before eBay, but with way more money involved.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Everything inside the beach shack was tagged and priced, just like a rummage sale.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Last year we did a big rummage sale, and we spent a lot of that time being like “How did we have so much crap?”

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018

Dear Heloise: When your church is going to have a rummage sale, some of the people in the church work all week to unpack all the donated merchandise, set up tables and price everything.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2018

Then I came to some baby clothes, maybe Dad’s, nothing too likely even for a rummage sale.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck