Definition of Garage sale

1. Noun. An outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises.

Exact synonyms: Yard Sale
Generic synonyms: Cut-rate Sale, Sale, Sales Event

Definition of Garage sale

1. Noun. a sale of used household goods in the driveway or garage of someone's home ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garage Sale

gappier
gappiest
gappiness
gapping
gappy
gaps
gapy
gar
garage door
garage door opener
garage doors
garage queen
garage queens
garage rock
garage sale (current term)
garage sales
garaged
garageless
garagelike
garageman
garageman's lien
garagemen
garages
garageware
garagey
garaging
garagings
garagist
garagists

Literary usage of Garage sale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daily Word Problems: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"... that were collected at their garage sale. What was the average amount of money that the five people in Nancy's family collected during the garage sale? ..."

2. Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"... to every new and hopeful book dealer: you find a big, thick, heavy, pristine textbook, printed in 1999, at a library sale or garage sale for a buck. ..."

3. Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gapby Alfred W. Tatum by Alfred W. Tatum (2005)
"I had never gone to a garage sale because there were no garages in my neighborhood. There were no lemonade stands run by children. ..."

4. Guided Reading Basics: Organizing, Managing and Implementing a Balanced by Lori Jamison Rog (2003)
"An old wagon donated or purchased at a garage sale is great storage for a mobile centre. • Ring around the Centre! Keep game cards and game boards together ..."

5. Daily Word Problems: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"... that were collected at their garage sale. What was the average amount of money that the five people in Nancy's family collected during the garage sale? ..."

6. Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"... to every new and hopeful book dealer: you find a big, thick, heavy, pristine textbook, printed in 1999, at a library sale or garage sale for a buck. ..."

7. Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gapby Alfred W. Tatum by Alfred W. Tatum (2005)
"I had never gone to a garage sale because there were no garages in my neighborhood. There were no lemonade stands run by children. ..."

8. Guided Reading Basics: Organizing, Managing and Implementing a Balanced by Lori Jamison Rog (2003)
"An old wagon donated or purchased at a garage sale is great storage for a mobile centre. • Ring around the Centre! Keep game cards and game boards together ..."

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