"white elephant sale" meaning in All languages combined

See white elephant sale on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: white elephant sales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=white elephant sale}} white elephant sale (plural white elephant sales)
  1. A public sale of second-hand unwanted items.
    Sense id: en-white_elephant_sale-en-noun-lzVx5lNn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for white elephant sale meaning in All languages combined (0.7kB)

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