rummage sale

Example Sentences

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The scene on a recent Friday at a Greenwich Village townhouse was like a cross between an art opening and a rummage sale.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2016

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