yard sale

A sale of used household belongings, typically held outdoors at the home of the seller.

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garage′ sale`

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

[1960–65, Amer.]

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yard sale - an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises

garage sale

cut-rate sale, sales event, sale - an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"

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A RECENT ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME YARD SALE FIND has treasure hunters on their own prowls.

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If you've ever heard of the idiom "one man's trash, is another man's treasure," then you would know exactly what the goal of having a yard sale is.

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The online buying and selling marketplace has become a big digital yard sale, and it is now using radio to build its brand reputation with more consumers.

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AMG Properties and Heritage Farmers Market Shop will join forces to host a yard sale in aid of Renfrewshire Foodbank.

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The most boring is making inventory of your yard sale and Yard Sales Guru took this entire aspect out of the picture with their amazing phone application that allows to make entire inventory in a few shots.

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Wilmette, IL, May 09, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Anne West of Coldwell Banker's Come Home North Shore will once again play host as she sponsors the 5th Annual Kenilworth Gardens Neighborhood Yard Sale. This is the largest multi-family yard sale in Wilmette with more than 40 homes usually participating and attracting shoppers from all over the North Shore and beyond.

Local Realtor to Sponsor 5th Annual Kenilworth Gardens Yard Sale

Caption: A few of her favorite things, including a $10 brass key from a yard sale.

Finders keepers: Good Morning America co-host Lara Spencer outfits her pied-a-terre with flea market gems

Q My father has an old English rifle that he bought years ago at a yard sale. It looks like some type of army rifle.

Short Lee-Enfield

These maps will be available on the common the day of the yard sale for a $1 donation starting at 7:30 a.m.

Paxton's annual townwide yard sale set for May 16

These photos show a cultivator I bought at a yard sale in Yreka, California.

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If you can't wait till February's Modernism Week to get your fix of Palm Springs fabulousness, this month's three-day version brings walking, house, and double-decker bus tours (those stop at the old Tramway gas station, above, our favorite landmark); parties; and even a yard sale. Oct 10-13; modern ismweek.com.

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