garage sale

noun

: a sale of used household or personal articles (such as furniture, tools, or clothing) held on the seller's own premises

Examples of garage sale in a Sentence

prior to the move they held a garage sale to clear out all of their unwanted stuff

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In the show’s fourth season, Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M (oh, the shame!), and Tamra Judge had to fire her maid. —

Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024 Like most family record collections from those years, ours was diminished by the arrival of CDs, by garage sales and the occasional cull. —

Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 Campbell on Sale Bargain hunters are welcome at Campbell on Sale, the City of Campbell’s annual community garage sale set for Saturday, Oct. 12, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.s More than 100 households have registered to hold garage sales on the day of the event. —

Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024 View a garage sale map at https://www.campbellca.gov/597/Community-Garage-Sale, where sellers can also find tips on preparation, advertising, signage, pricing and setup, as well as information on how to donate items left over at the end of the day to a nonprofit organization. —

Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for garage sale