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flea market
noun
- a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
flea market
noun
- an open-air market selling cheap and often second-hand goods
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Other Words From
- flea-market·er flea-mar·ket·eer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flea market1
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Idioms and Phrases
A market, usually held outdoors, where used goods and antiques are sold. For example, We picked up half of our furniture at flea markets . The term is a direct translation of the French marché aux puces and presumably implies that some of the used clothes and furniture might be flea-infested. [1920s]Discover More
Example Sentences
I grew up in New York and there was a Caldor that had a Sunday flea market.
Six months after he arrived in Paris, he found another high-wheeled bicycle in a flea market and bought that too.
With its famous flea market and cute shops, Eastern Market has always been a popular stop on the weekend.
It's a very cozy place, and the dining area is furnished with flea-market furniture from the '60s and '70s.
A deputy said, jerking his thumb over his shoulder at the flea market and the ride.
The third was outside of San Francisco, in a gigantic ghost-mall that was already being used as a flea-market.
He bossed a low-budget tourist attraction and he ran a pirate flea-market.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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