rummage sale

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

The squad feels like a choice rummage sale, full of young and expensive pieces that never quite fit together and that will do far better wherever they find new homes.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2019

Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” from 1968, is a tragedy disguised as a rummage sale.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2017

She collected boxes of junk from friends and held a giant rummage sale in a vacant lot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2016

So Grandma, who didn’t take part in community activities, wanted to go to the rummage sale.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck