"garage sale" meaning in English

See garage sale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: garage sales [plural]
Etymology: From garage + sale. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|garage|sale}} garage + sale Head templates: {{en-noun}} garage sale (plural garage sales)
  1. A sale of used household goods in the driveway or garage of someone's home. Related terms: estate sale, flea market, jumble sale, rummage sale, tag sale, yard sale Translations (a sale of used household goods in the driveway or garage): 車庫大甩賣 /车库大甩卖 (chēkù dàshuǎimài) (Chinese Mandarin), vrijmarkt [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kotikirppis (Finnish), vente de garage [Quebec, feminine] (French), vide-grenier [France, masculine] (French), brocante [feminine] (French), Garagenverkauf [masculine] (German), garázsvásár (Hungarian), venta de garaje (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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