tag sale

noun

Examples of tag sale in a Sentence

on weekends the bargain-minded couple likes to drive around looking for tag sales
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Rangers general manager Chris Drury has all but started a tag sale for his disappointing team. Jerry Beach, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 The store has frequent sales, including half off color of the week tag sales, 25% off super saver sales and, on Wednesdays, 25% off for people 55 and older. Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2024 Yet what was once essentially a colossal summer tag sale, created for the sole purpose of enriching one of the world’s largest companies, has somehow managed to take on certain trappings of an actual holiday. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 July 2024 The festival this year will include a tag sale, a collectible sale, a plant sale, silent auction, burger and hot dog booth, and a homemade baked goods sale. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for tag sale 

Word History

Etymology

from the price tag on each item

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tag sale was in 1929

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“Tag sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20sale. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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