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rummage sale - 2 dictionary results

rummage sale

–noun
a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop.

Origin:
1855–60
rummage sale  
n.  
  1. A sale of assorted secondhand objects contributed by donors to raise money for a charity.
  2. A sale, especially of unclaimed or excess goods, as at a warehouse or wharf.
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