yard sale
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1.6
- noun
- /jɑrd seɪl/
- US
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venta de garaje
- Friends are also planning a community yard sale at Alexander High School on Nov. 24-25.
And he was like, this picture was at a yard sale and I bought it because I thought it looked cool.
- And he was like, this picture was at a yard sale and I bought it because I thought it looked cool.
- Maybe we get a good deal on something or maybe someone hands us down something or we see a yard sale that's just too good to pass up, right.
- I don't play this saxophone, but I've heard that it never fails for a woman to love a sax playing man, so I bought one at a yard sale.
- It's like saying yard sales are the same thing as eBay or fair fair craft fairs are the same thing as Etsy.
Examples
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So I see you're having a yard sale?
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- And I found it at a yard sale in the box.
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And he was like, this picture was at a yard sale and I bought it because I thought it looked cool.
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And what we have is the largest yard sale from an estate sale from this rich old lady down the street who died.
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Yeah, I got that at a yard sale in town.
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I bought it at a yard sale.
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I have two that I was given at a yard sale and another I bought for $2.
Blog text (25) -
My wife and I discovered it in a yard sale in New Jersey.
Academic text (1998) -
I bought a bunch of stuff at a yard sale to replace what I'd lost.
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We set up a yard sale in our driveway to sell old toys and clothes.
Synonyms
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1.2
An event at someone's home to sell used household items
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2.3
An outdoor market where people sell used things like clothes or furniture
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4.1
An event where people sell goods to raise money for charity
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2.3
An event where people sell used or donated things to raise money for charity
An outdoor market where people sell things from the back of their cars
An outdoor market where people sell things from the back of their car
A sale where people buy used or donated things to raise money for charity
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Morphology
The meaning 'an outdoor sale of used personal or household items on the seller's property' is directly and literally composed from 'yard' (area of ground around a building) + 'sale' (an event where goods are sold). This straightforward noun+noun naming pattern (cf. 'garage sale', 'car boot sale') is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun yard sale comes from people putting used things out in their yard for a sale, so neighbors can walk by and buy them. That's why yard sale means 'an outdoor sale of used personal or household items'.