jumble

  • 31jumble sale — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a sale of miscellaneous second hand goods, typically for charity …

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  • 32jumble sale — noun a sale of donated articles • Syn: ↑rummage sale • Hypernyms: ↑sale, ↑cut rate sale, ↑sales event * * * noun, pl ⋯ sales [count] Brit : ↑rummage sale * * * ˈjumble sale …

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  • 33Jumble sale — A Jumble sale or rummage sale is a event at which second hand goods are sold, usually by an institution such as a local Scout Group or church, as a fundraising or charitable effort. A rummage sale by a church is called a church sale.United… …

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  • 34jumble sale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms jumble sale : singular jumble sale plural jumble sales British an event where people raise money by selling jumble. The American word is rummage sale …

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  • 35Jumble (cookie) — Jumbles are cookie like pastry, common in England and abroad since the middle ages, which tend to have a relatively simple recipe of nuts, flour, eggs, and sugar, with vanilla, anise, or caraway seed flavoring. Jumbles were known by many… …

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  • 36jumble bead — Jequirity Je*quir i*ty, n., or Jequirity bean Je*quir i*ty bean [Prob. fr. a native name.] (Bot.) The seed of the wild licorice ({Abrus precatorius}) used by the people of India for beads in rosaries and necklaces, as a standard weight, etc.;… …

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  • 37jumble — I. verb (jumbled; jumbling) Etymology: perhaps imitative Date: circa 1529 intransitive verb to move in a confused or disordered manner transitive verb to mix into a confused or disordered mass often used with up II. noun Date: 16 …

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  • 38jumble — 1. verb To mix or confuse. 2. noun a) A mixture of unrelated things. b) Items for a rummage sale …

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  • 39jumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mixup, confusion, disorder; pi. v. mix up, disarrange, muddle, mess. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. clutter, mess, hodgepodge; see confusion 2 , mixture 1 . See Synonym Study at confusion . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 40jumble — jum·ble || dÊ’ÊŒmbl n. confusion, muddle; disorder, chaos, mess; small ring shaped cake with a sugary coating v. throw together in a disorderly manner, combine without order; confuse ; be a mess, be a muddle …

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