yard sale

noun

Examples of yard sale in a Sentence

there are signs up all over town advertising yard sales
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Another Booth cartoon that kills me shows a couple arriving at a yard sale where the merchandise is spread out all over the yard. Roz Chast, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Here's what to know about the cross-state yard sale: When is the sale? Allie Feinberg, The Tennessean, 6 June 2024 What began nearly 50 years ago with humble beginnings as a parking lot yard sale has grown into a thriving marketplace with dozens of vendors, local produce, and nostalgic finds. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024 Is there anyone who hasn’t daydreamed of stumbling upon some lost and valuable find—a hoard of Roman coins sitting inches beneath our feet, a Fabergé egg nestling among a pile of junk at a yard sale, a lost canvas masterpiece hanging unnoticed on the wall of a charity store? Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for yard sale 

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of yard sale was in 1972

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“Yard sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yard%20sale. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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