- garage sale
- noun Date: 1964 a sale of used household or personal articles (as furniture, tools, or clothing) held on the seller's own premises
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Garage Sale — may refer to: * A garage sale * Garage Sale (That 70s Show episode), an episode of That 70s Show * Garage Sale, a half episode of Rugrats. See List of Rugrats episodes * Kesey s Garage Sale … Wikipedia
garage sale — garage′ sale n. cvb a sale of used or unwanted household goods or personal items, typically held in one s garage or yard Also called tag sale,yard sale • Etymology: 1960–65, amer … From formal English to slang
garage sale — garage .sale [ US .ˈ. ˌ.] n AmE a sale of used furniture, clothes etc from people s houses, usually held in or near someone s garage … Dictionary of contemporary English
garage sale — ☆ garage sale n. a sale of used or unwanted possessions, as household articles, often held in the garage of a house … English World dictionary
garage sale — garage sales N COUNT If you have a garage sale, you sell things such as clothes, toys and household items that you do not want, usually in your garage. [mainly AM] … English dictionary
garage sale — Sale of unwanted items at extremely low prices. ► “Viewers must sort through an unlabeled mass of cooking implements, kerosene lamps, manual typewriters, wooden eagles, rusty bicycles, cut glass decanters and antique chests it’s like being at a … American business jargon
garage sale — garage ,sale noun count AMERICAN an occasion when someone sells furniture, clothes, books, toys, etc. that they do not want any more … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Garage sale — For the episode of The Office, see Garage Sale (The Office). Yard sale in Durham, North Carolina. A garage sale, also known as a yard sale, rummage sale, tag sale, lawn sale, attic sale, moving sale, or junk sale, is an informal, irregularly… … Wikipedia
garage sale — noun an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller s premises • Syn: ↑yard sale • Hypernyms: ↑sale, ↑cut rate sale, ↑sales event * * * noun, pl ⋯ sales [count] chiefly US : a sale of used furniture, clothing … Useful english dictionary
garage sale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms garage sale : singular garage sale plural garage sales an occasion when someone sells furniture, clothes, books, toys etc that they do not want any more … English dictionary
garage sale — n. (AE) to have, hold a garage sale * * * hold a garage sale (AE) to have … Combinatory dictionary
