rummage sale


noun

a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.

Origin of rummage sale

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby rummage sale

British Dictionary definitions for rummage sale

rummage sale

noun

a sale of miscellaneous articles, usually cheap and predominantly secondhand, in aid of charity Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): jumble sale
US a sale of unclaimed property or unsold stock