rummage sale

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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

Bull remembers a conversation she had decades ago with a volunteer at a rummage sale at an Episcopal church in New Orleans where she was helping the church raise funds to build a labyrinth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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

SAT-SUN 112th annual bazaar, Nordic food and bake sale, crafts, raffle, rummage sale, Book Nook, silent auctions, Norwegian coffee, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2018

I pictured them elbowing each other as if at a church rummage sale.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver