rummage

  • 21rummage — noun Rummage is used before these nouns: ↑sale …

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  • 22rummage in — phr verb Rummage in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑drawer, ↑handbag, ↑pocket …

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  • 23rummage — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & (foll. by in, through, among) intr. search, esp. untidily and unsystematically. 2 tr. (foll. by out, up) find among other things. 3 tr. (foll. by about) disarrange; make untidy in searching. n. 1 an instance of rummaging. 2… …

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  • 24Rummage sale — Rummage Rum mage (?; 48), n. [For roomage, fr. room; hence originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See {Room}.] 1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about …

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  • 25rummage sale — rummage sales N COUNT A rummage sale is a sale of cheap used goods that is usually held to raise money for charity. [AM] (in BRIT, use jumble sale) …

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  • 26rummage sale — n AmE an event at which old clothes, toys etc are sold as a way of getting money, for example to help a school or church British Equivalent: jumble sale …

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  • 27rummage sale — rummage ,sale noun count AMERICAN a sale of used clothes, toys, books, etc., especially to collect money for a CHARITY (=an organization that helps poor people). British usually jumble sale …

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  • 28rummage sale — n. a sale of contributed miscellaneous articles, used or new, to raise money as for charitable purposes …

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  • 29rummage sale — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rummage sale : singular rummage sale plural rummage sales American a jumble sale …

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  • 30rummage sale — noun a sale of donated articles • Syn: ↑jumble sale • Hypernyms: ↑sale, ↑cut rate sale, ↑sales event * * * noun, pl ⋯ sales [count] US : a sale of used items (such as old clothes or toys) especially to raise money for a church, school, charity,… …

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