garage sale

noun
a sale of used or unwanted household goods, personal items, bric-a-brac, etc., typically held in one's garage or yard.
Also called tag sale, yard sale.


Origin:
1960–65, Americanism

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garage sale
 
n
a sale of personal belongings or household effects held at a person's home, usually in the garage

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Garage sale signs can be posted on private property or you may advertise your
  garage sale in the newspaper or on the radio.
Garage sale permit fees will be waived for all participants.
People who used to have a garage sale now sell on e-Bay, and they use the mail
  to ship.
The summer months are a popular time to sort through your unwanted items and
  have a garage sale.
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