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 Kelly family recently held a rummage sale in their front yard, and a white family walked over to introduce themselves.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

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

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

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