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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A sale of used household belongings, with prices typically marked on labels affixed to the items.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun in combination A retail sale in which items included in the sale are tagged with a coloured tag
  • noun A domestic sale of second-hand items; a garage sale or yard sale

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  • According to this map, the term "tag sale" is a regionalism from Connecticut and western Massachusetts.

    Now I'm wondering what term a non-American might choose to describe one of these sales...

    April 22, 2008

  • In my bit of Australia, usually lawn sale.

    April 22, 2008

  • A jumble sale.

    April 22, 2008