flea-market

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.

Origin:
1920–25

flea-mar·ket·er, flea-mar·ket·eer, noun
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flea market
 
n
an open-air market selling cheap and often second-hand goods

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Flea-market is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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flea market
1917, especially in reference to the Fr. marché aux puces in Paris, so-called "because there are so many second-hand articles sold of all kinds that they are believed to gather fleas."
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