Definition of "garage sale" []

• A sale of used household belongings, typically held outdoors or in a garage at the home of the seller. (noun)

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• "Judy Hamilton, client manager of the outplacement firm of Schoenberg Associates in Indianapolis, tells of one recently fired client who went to a garage sale and bought a set of old dishes."