rummage

  • 41rummage — A search of a ship or aircraft by customs officers looking for contraband, illegal drugs, etc …

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  • 42rummage — verb he rummaged through Stacey s bureau drawers Syn: search (through), hunt through, root about/around (in), ferret about/around (in), fish about/around (in), poke around (in), dig through, delve through, go through, explore, sift through, rifle …

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  • 43rummage — v 1. search, hunt, ransack, rifle through, Sl. look through, Sl. paw through, explore; turn over, turn inside out, turn upside down, disarrange, forage; look into, look about for, examine, pry into, poke around for, peer into, snoop around, smell …

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  • 44rummage — rum·mage …

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  • 45rummage — [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] verb [I] to search for something among a lot of other things …

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  • 46rummage — rum•mage [[t]ˈrʌm ɪdʒ[/t]] v. maged, mag•ing, n. 1) to search thoroughly or actively through, esp. by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents 2) to find, bring, or fetch by searching (often fol. by out or up) 3) to search… …

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  • 47rummage sale — noun Date: circa 1858 a usually informal sale of miscellaneous goods; especially a sale of donated articles conducted by a nonprofit organization (as a church or charity) to help support its programs …

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  • 48rummage sale — a sale of miscellaneous articles, old or new, as items contributed to raise money for charity, of unclaimed goods at a wharf or warehouse, or of odds and ends of merchandise at a shop. [1855 60] * * * …

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  • 49rummage sale — noun Informal sale of donated items, usually to fund the programs of a church or charity …

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  • 50rummage sale — sale of used items, second hand sale; informal sale of personal possessions usually held on one s premises; informal estate sale …

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