Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sale of secondhand articles of every description for the benefit of the poor; a rummage sale.
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Examples
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Sotheby's two-day auction of sporting memorabilia concludes today with 335 lots on offer, ranging from such amiably humdrum jumble-sale tat as Mark Ilott's 1995 England touring cap (guide price £135) and a pair of Will Greenwood's white rugby shorts (£125), to "the oldest known international rugby cap ever to be offered at auction" (Foster-Cunliffe's tasselled 1874 England titfer, £3,750) and golf legend Walter Hagen's 1927 US PGA diamond-studded winner's gold medal (£50,000).
Des Connor's 1971 Lions-bait remains absolutely priceless | Frank Keating 2011
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Annabel Scholey is too pleasing as Lady Anne: when she loses her temper, she doesn't so much curse as mellifluously express herself, but Gemma Jones's Queen Margaret is impressive: a glowering, dogged presence who hovers as a constant reproach in her jumble-sale coat and uncombed hair.
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Annabel Scholey is too pleasing as Lady Anne: when she loses her temper, she doesn't so much curse as mellifluously express herself, but Gemma Jones's Queen Margaret is impressive: a glowering, dogged presence who hovers as a constant reproach in her jumble-sale coat and uncombed hair.
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We would dress up in our favourite jumble-sale finds: you put on your 1930's style gangster suit, double-breasted, enormous lapels and wide flappy trousers.
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We also have a dining room table and a rough handmade cupboard, containing a jumble-sale assortment of glass and plastic dishes and cups, one too few of everything, so we sisters have to bargain knives for forks while we eat.
Archive 2007-03-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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We also have a dining room table and a rough handmade cupboard, containing a jumble-sale assortment of glass and plastic dishes and cups, one too few of everything, so we sisters have to bargain knives for forks while we eat.
Poisonwood, Again Bruce Schauble 2007
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Never mind that old jumble-sale of all the virtues.
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My stunningly generous donation to the lending-library fund, my jumble-sale clothing replaced by couture would be followed by the entrance of the heiress come fully into her inheritance.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995
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My stunningly generous donation to the lending-library fund, my jumble-sale clothing replaced by couture would be followed by the entrance of the heiress come fully into her inheritance.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995
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My stunningly generous donation to the lending-library fund, my jumble-sale clothing replaced by couture would be followed by the entrance of the heiress come fully into her inheritance.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women King, Laurie R. 1995
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