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flea market
noun
- a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.
flea market
noun
- an open-air market selling cheap and often second-hand goods
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of flea market1
Idioms and Phrases
A market, usually held outdoors, where used goods and antiques are sold. For example, We picked up half of our furniture at flea markets . The term is a direct translation of the French marché aux puces and presumably implies that some of the used clothes and furniture might be flea-infested. [1920s]Compare Meanings
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Example Sentences
For ‘The Office’ actor, a perfect Sunday around town includes a ‘very long brunch,’ hitting up a flea market and catching a live show at Mrs. Fish in downtown.
We caught up with the actor to discuss his perfect Sunday in the city, which involves brunch, going to a flea market and catching a live performance.
Before the fire, Claire Schwartz loved to find old photos for sale at the Pasadena City College flea market and would try to return them to the people who snapped the pictures.
Ledesma said his dad, who immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico decades ago, used to sell western boots at a local flea market.
Brill, who now runs a monthly flea market in nearby Landers, predicted the vendors and buyers would survive.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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